02672cam a2200409 i 4500 623665550 TxAuBib 20221026120000.0 190717s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018276155 9781503946774 hardcover 1503946770 hardcover 9781542045865 paperback 154204586X paperback (OCoLC)1014184220 JIU JIU eng eng rda rda rda JIU rda BDX JIU NZAUC OCLCO UAG OCLCF ORK WIMVL OCLCQ OCLCO DYJ IEB NZHWP IGA NTG OCLCQ OCLCO JQW UKMGB OCLCQ OCLCO IF0 LKC YDX DLC TxAuBib BDX NZAUC OCLCO UAG OCLCF ORK WIMVL OCLCQ OCLCO DYJ IEB NZHWP IGA NTG OCLCQ OCLCO JQW UKMGB OCLCQ OCLCO IF0 LKC YDX DLC TxAuBib rda Runyan, Aimie K., author. Daughters of the Night Sky / By Aimie K. Runyan. First edition. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2018. 301 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband, a sensitive artist who fears for her safety, can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter of Russia. After years of arduous training, Katya is assigned to the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, one of the only Soviet air units comprised entirely of women. The Germans quickly learn to fear nocturnal raids by the daring fliers they call Night Witches. But the brutal campaign will exact a bitter toll on Katya and her sisters-in-arms. When the smoke of war clears, nothing will ever be the same and one of Russia's most decorated military heroines will face the most agonizing choice of all"--Publisher description. 20221026. Soviet Union Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Women Fiction. Air pilots, Military Soviet Union Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Women Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Soviet Fiction. Women air pilots Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. Fiction. TXKPL