The Narrowboat Girls
a heartwarming story of friendship, struggle and falling in love
$35.26
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2018
Summary
‘One of the nation’s favourite wartime saga writers … warm and engrossing’
Spring 1944, and the war shows no sign of stopping. In Hampshire, Elsie is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy, herself planning an escape from her abusive boyfriend, tells her about the wartime jobs going for women on the canal boats, she jumps at the chance.
Their new boss, Dorothy, is kind and fair, but it’s clear she has a secret of her own. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786483591 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786483599 |
| Author: | Rosie Archer |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 269g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Archer brings to vivid life the tough war years … expect plenty of passion, drama, tears and laughter
Archer brings to vivid life the tough war years … expect plenty of passion, drama, tears and laughter - Lancashire Evening Post
A gripping story packed with darkness and light, love and friendship, greed and betrayal - Lancashire Evening Post on The Factory GirlsA nostalgic story packed with drama, tension, passion and the grim realities of life in wartime England - Lancashire Evening Post on The Munitions GirlsAbout The Author
Rosie Archer
Rosie Archer was born in Gosport, Hampshire, where she still lives. She has had a variety of jobs including waitress, fruit picker, barmaid, shop assistant and market trader selling second-hand books.
Rosie is the author of several Second World War sagas set on the south coast of England, as well as a series of gangster sagas under the name June Hampson.
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