87 New Historical Fiction Books Hitting Shelves This Year

Luis Alberto Urrea's "Good Night, Irene" carries readers through the emotional tale of two women who join the nursing corps and see firsthand the Allied surge that liberates Europe in World War II. Irene flees an abusive fiancé and joins the Red Cross in 1943, where she meets the witty Dorothy and becomes part of an elite group of women who work right at the front lines. After D-Day, they continue to stick with the troops streaming across the European continent, where Irene falls for a fighter pilot named Hans and hopes, against all odds, that she, Dorothy, and Hans will all make it back home alive.

Release date: May 30