Shirley's Story: A Life of Finesse
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Shirley's Story: A Life of Finesse, a collaborative memoir, opens a window to an intimate look at a woman who lived 100 years. Shirley was born on August 24, 1920, the year that women in the United States were allowed the vote. She takes us through history, her early years, joining the Navy as a WAVE in 1943 attending officer training at Smith College, Massachusetts, a wartime romance and marriage, striving to live the American dream with her sweetheart and husband, while being a helpmate to his real estate business, but longing to be a writer and artist. During the process of reading and edit...
Shirley's Story: A Life of Finesse, a collaborative memoir, opens a window to an intimate look at a woman who lived 100 years. Shirley was born on August 24, 1920, the year that women in the United States were allowed the vote. She takes us through history, her early years, joining the Navy as a WAVE in 1943 attending officer training at Smith College, Massachusetts, a wartime romance and marriage, striving to live the American dream with her sweetheart and husband, while being a helpmate to his real estate business, but longing to be a writer and artist. During the process of reading and editing Shirley's writing to create a book, her son and daughter discover clues that start the search into Shirley's secret that was kept for 77 years. Shirley Whitehouse Akerman, Lieutenant j.g., was sworn to secrecy, not to tell anyone that she was part of the code breakers mission helping to win World War II.
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