The Railway Girls
Their bond will see them through
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4.5 • 22 calificaciones
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Descripción editorial
The first novel in the wonderful new Railway Girls series, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Ellie Dean.
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'Stunning writing [and] perfectly paced'
Frost Magazine
'A story of true friendship, love, loss and trust'
Candis
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In February, 1922, at the western-most entrance to Victoria Station in Manchester, a massive plaque was unveiled. Beneath a vast tiled map showing the lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway network, a series of seven bronze panels recorded the names of the men of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War - a total of 1,460 names.
In March, 1940, a group of women of varying ages and backgrounds, stand in front of the memorial, ready to do their bit in this new World War...
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Mabel is determined to make a fresh start as a railway girl where no one will know the terrible thing she did and she can put her guilt behind her... Or is she just running away?
Meanwhile Joan will never be as good as her sister, or so her Gran keeps telling her. A new job as a station clerk could be just the thing she needs to forget her troubles at home.
And Dot is further into her forties than she cares to admit. Her beloved sons are away fighting and her husband - well, the less said about him the better. Ratty old sod. She is anxious to become a railway girl just like her dear mam - anything to feel she is supporting the sons she prays for every night.
The three women start off as strangers, but soon form an unbreakable bond that will get them through the toughest of times...
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**Maisie's brand new novel THE RAILWAY GIRLS IN LOVE is available to pre-order now. Just search: 9781787463981**
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Best book I have read in several years
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This was the best book that I have read in several years. The Railway Girls is Maisie Thomas' charming, inspiring and encouraging book about the contributions and relationships of several women during World War II. With men away fighting, the women stepped up to bat, and filled many vital positions that kept the economy going at home and supported the war effort, and this is their story. Great writing and character development. I felt myself empathizing with the characters, to the point of wanting to tell off one of their thoughtless, rigid, unfair grandmothers, and I respect my elders greatly! This book was even more poignant, considering the heartbreaking events unfolding in Ukraine, and is a sad reminder of the losses, changes and upheavals to people's lives during wars. I will be checking out the rest of this series of books, and I very highly recommend it.