The League of Wives by Heath Hardage Lee
Star Rating: ★★★★★
Women who would hardly describe themselves as 'feminists' end up taking off the pearls and lace gloves to challenge the US government and lobby for the safe return of their husbands. Based on an incredible true story, The League of Wives is about wives from all branches of the US military joining together to bring their POW and MIA husbands home from the Vietnam War. Early on, reports were saying that both sides were following the rules of the Geneva Convention. Until one POW uses his eyes to send Morse code 'torture' back home during his TV interview.
Putting aside all party lines, these wives work tirelessly to get their husbands home. Many of these women were without their husbands for nearly a decade, and it's astonishing to read about being a wife but not a widow in a time when women couldn't have credit cards, couldn't access their husband's savings accounts, and so on.
Format read: Paperback
