POSTER GIRL: A JANE BENJAMIN NOVEL
Coming November 2023
How is a twentieth century icon made?
In a 1942 Liberty Shipyard, cynical gossip columnist Jane Benjamin joins FDR’s Office of War Information propaganda unit, aiming to replace big league gossip queen Hedda Hopper. Jane scours the shipyard for a picture perfect Wendy-the-Welder poster girl to boost ship production by coaxing women into the workforce. When two top candidates die on the job, Jane’s got to choose between personal ambition and service, before the murderer kills another woman welder and America’s best chance of winning the war.
You’ve got to wait until November 2023 for Poster Girl, but Copy Boy and Tomboy are ready to read right now.
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