Set during the chaotic years of World War II, The General's Women tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war. Told from three alternating points of view (Kay's, Ike's, and Mamie's), the novel charts the deepening of the relationship as Ike and Kay move from England (1942) to North Africa (1942-43) to England, France, and Germany before and after the Normandy landing (1944-45). At the end of the war, Ike is faced with the heart-wrenching choice between marrying Kay and a political future. The story continues into the post-war years, as Ike (returning to Mamie) becomes Army Chief of Staff, president of Columbia University, Supreme Commander of NATO, and president of the United States. Kay, meanwhile, struggles to create a life and work of her own, writing two memoirs: the first ( Eisenhower Was My Boss, 1948) about her war work with Ike; the second ( Past Forgetting, 1976) about their love affair. An author's note deals with the complicated question of the truth of Kay's story, as it finally appears in the posthumously-published Past Forgetting. " The General's Women is an engrossing and humanizing account of a love that blossomed during wartime and scandalized a nation... A historical novel that is sympathetic, satisfying, and heartbreaking." Foreword Reviews "A mature, gripping emotional drama... The arc of this multifaceted novel follows the three main characters [Ike, Kay, and Mamie] and a host of secondary ones through the war and back into civilian life. At every point Albert smoothly incorporates an obviously vast amount of research into a tale of raw emotional conflict that can make for some wonderfully uncomfortable reading." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Susan Wittig Albert's Fiction For Loving Eleanor :"Albert captures the turbulent thirties and forties with affecting detail, writing a novel notable not only for its emotional authenticity, but for its careful historicity. Loving Eleanor is an intelligent love story with huge historical appeal." -- Foreword Reviews "This warm, extensively researched novel will entrance readers and inspire them to look further into the lives of two extraordinary women." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A beautiful, touching story of the enduring friendship between two intelligent, independent women and the exciting and turbulent eras in which they lived. It is time their story was revealed. Kudos to Albert for telling it." -- Romantic Times Top PickFor A Wilder Rose: "Albert does an excellent job of bringing historical figures to life in a credible way; her novel is well paced, its characterizations are strong, and the plot is solidly constructed. Readers begin to understand Lane's personality and mentality, as the well as the things that drive her." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Susan Wittig Albert's mysteries "[Albert] consistently turns out some of the best-plotted mysteries on the market."-- Houston Chronicle "Engrossing...continues to appeal with her herbal information and savvy sleuthing."-- Booklist (starred review) "One of the best-written and [most] well-plotted mysteries I've read in a long time."-- Los Angeles Times "Albert's dialogue and characterizations put her in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum."-- Publishers Weekl y (starred review) Set during the chaotic years of World War II,  The General's Women  tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war. The novel charts the deepening of the relationship as Ike and Kay move from England (1942) to North Africa (1942-43) to England, France, and Germany before and after the Normandy landing (1944-45). At the end of the war, Ike is faced with the heart-wrenching choice between marrying Kay and a political future.The story continues into the post-war years, as Ike becomes Army Chief of Staff, president of Columbia University, Supreme Commander of NATO, and president of the United States. Kay, meanwhile, struggles to create a life and work of her own, writing two memoirs: the first ( Eisenhower Was My Boss , 1948) about her war work with Ike; the second ( Past Forgetting , 1976) about their love affair. An author's note deals with the complicated question of the truth of Kay's story. SUSAN WITTIG ALBERT grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the  New York Time s bestselling author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, as well as two memoirs and three historical/biographical novels:  T