Detroit, 1944. There’s still a war to win, overseas and at home. But there’s more than one way to fight…
Bess Horowitz loves a man who isn’t Jewish, even though her family doesn’t approve. When he’s forcibly transferred away from Detroit, they swear their love will last—but will it survive the revelation of what the Nazis have done to her family in Russia?
Azulee, who’s been singing since she was seven, now has the chance for a real music career on Hastings Street. But first she has to navigate sexual harassment and corruption in the music business. She’s learned the lessons of organizing in the UAW—but will they help her raise her voice?
Viola’s success at the plant has awakened her ambition for something better. She wants a promotion—but it’s in a shop that won’t hire a Black woman. When she consults the UAW’s new Fair Practices lawyer, a handsome, lonely Black man, she feels a dangerous attraction. Will her fight for fair hiring put her marriage at risk?
Genre: Historical
Bess Horowitz loves a man who isn’t Jewish, even though her family doesn’t approve. When he’s forcibly transferred away from Detroit, they swear their love will last—but will it survive the revelation of what the Nazis have done to her family in Russia?
Azulee, who’s been singing since she was seven, now has the chance for a real music career on Hastings Street. But first she has to navigate sexual harassment and corruption in the music business. She’s learned the lessons of organizing in the UAW—but will they help her raise her voice?
Viola’s success at the plant has awakened her ambition for something better. She wants a promotion—but it’s in a shop that won’t hire a Black woman. When she consults the UAW’s new Fair Practices lawyer, a handsome, lonely Black man, she feels a dangerous attraction. Will her fight for fair hiring put her marriage at risk?
Genre: Historical
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