Advance coverBirds of War
2 February 2027 · United States
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Deón approaches D-Day through a fictional Black woman’s life, connecting the battlefield with earlier struggles over education, family responsibility, and freedom.
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On a Normandy beach under fire, Abilee Tillson confronts the path that brought her from California to war. Family care, frustrated education, military service and a forbidden relationship shape the story of a Black woman seeking freedom within institutions that repeatedly restrict her choices.
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