RaveLos Angeles Review of Books\"A reader gets the sense that Bloom spent years — perhaps even decades — researching Burns’s life ... Bloom is at his best when he takes us through the San Francisco of the early 20th century, painting a vivid picture of the city as an embarkation point for sailors during World War II ... The only problem with The Audacity of Inez Burns is that it is at times repetitive — Bloom often reminds the reader of what she should already know ... Bloom’s adroit narrative brings this forgotten San Francisco story to light.\
