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Convoluted plot. An engaging story and cast of characters. But having finished the book, I can't really explain the mystery.

Valuable perspective on the challenges women who wished to help the fight against fascism faced when they were mothers of young children, with no access to affordable child care. Determination and cooperation eventually enabled them to elicit the public support necessary to realize their dual objectives: aid the military effort and ensure that their children had responsible child care options.

Very complicated plot. Multiple red herrings. Too many threads to keep straight and tiny details whose relevance is obscure until it suddenly becomes critical.

120 of the 610 pages that are the text. But I'm done. With the daily newspaper filled with stories of senseless conflicts around the world, there's no need to read 610 pages of the saga of wholesale slaughter in ancient Troy.