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Codebreaking Sisters: Our Secret War by Patricia Owtram

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I wanted to read this book as one of the sisters worked in Cairo during the war when my great grandmother also worked there. I was hoping they might have met, but if they did, she doesn't say so. This book is divided into chapters written by one or other of two sisters. The sisters themselves were amazing; intrepid and intelligent and unwilling to fit into the pre-war roles expected of them. They didn't lack courage or brains and had wonderful experiences. However I found it less interesting than I had hoped because of the cloying nature of the multitude of letters written home. Also I imagined from the blurb that they had worked at Bletchly and was disappointed that this was a red herring. A good summary of how two women from a privileged background did their bit in during WWII.



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