{"id":3812,"date":"2019-11-08T03:53:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T03:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2019-11-08T03:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T03:53:36","slug":"a-woman-of-no-importance-by-sonia-purnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/a-woman-of-no-importance-by-sonia-purnell\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>A Woman of No Importance<\/em> by Sonia Purnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40595446-a-woman-of-no-importance\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1539165474l\/40595446._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40595446-a-woman-of-no-importance\">A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5247419.Sonia_Purnell\">Sonia Purnell<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3041030545\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This non-fiction account of one of America&#8217;s (and France&#8217;s) true heroes is excellent reading. American Virginia Hall was a polyglot with an adventurous streak and a burning love for France, her adopted country. Spurned by the U.S. Diplomatic Corps for being a woman, and sometimes because of her wooden leg, she joined the British SOE to help organize (or organise if you&#8217;re British) French resistance fighters during WWII. Her exploits are truly amazing, characterized by courage, intelligence, and selflessness. Most importantly, she got the job done and earned the respect, even devotion, of those men and women she led or worked with.<\/p>\n<p>The book is deeply researched. The acknowledgments section is almost a third of the book. The writer does seem to have a detectable feminist bias. She gives Virginia credit for everything and blame for nothing. No doubt there was rampant sexism back then that kept Hall from reaching the roles and ranks she deserved, but as fate would have it, she probably ended up in a role that not only best suited her talents and desires, but was the best possible one for the Allied war effort as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell My rating: 4 of 5 stars This non-fiction account of one of America&#8217;s (and France&#8217;s) true heroes is excellent reading. 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