Page Turner's Book Group In-Person / Online
The Page Turner's Book Group meets to discuss literary and popular fiction novels. All meetings are hybrid - in library and on Zoom. For more information please contact Janette at pardoj@waynepubliclibrary.org
Copies of Switchboard Soldiers available at library's reference desk and on Libby/Overdrive.
Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women—but women were not permitted to enlist. Nevertheless, the US Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, including Grace Banker of New Jersey, Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman and Valerie DeSmedt, a 20-year-old from Los Angeles, They were among the first women sworn into the US Army under the Articles of War. The risk of death was real—the women worked as bombs fell around them—as was the threat of a deadly new disease: the Spanish Flu. Not all of the telephone operators would survive
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Show more dates
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Preakness Room
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86028511825?pwd=QW85ODI1Z3Vpa0FBeTM4UDBraTg2UT09
- Audience:
- Adults Senior Adults
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
Janette is the Assistant Director. She is responsible for ordering books for the adult fiction, nonfiction and large print collections. Janette has a background in archival processing and preservation and is currently hard at work processing the Lockett Local History Collection.
An avid reader, Janette runs the Romantic Fiction (first Wednesday of the month) and the Page Turners (second Wednesday of the month) book groups. She is also a supporter of the romance genre and will gladly help "match you" with the perfect romance novel.
In 2021, Janette launched the Virtual Author Chat series where she chats with local authors about their writing and their path to publication. All of the chats have been recorded and are available to watch on the library's YouTube channel.