Rosie Archer
Author
Series
Bomb Girls volume 1
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
1943, Gosport, Hampshire. Pixie Saunders is 19 and employed in the local armaments factory. The work is dangerous and the hours long, but in the evenings the girls take off their overalls and go to the pub or, better still, go dancing. Pixie meets American serviceman Cal and falls in love. She couldn't be happier. Then Pixie falls pregnant and her life changes dramatically. Alone and unable to work, she has to rely on the kindness of friends to help...
Author
Series
Timber Girls volume 1
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become a Lumberjill. On her journey north she meets Cy, an American soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both...
Author
Series
The Picture House girls volume 1
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Hampshire the war is settling into its stride bringing dark days for many. Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Here she meets Queenie, who sells ice creams and dreams of being in the spotlight. As the war rages on, the women get to know each other and become firm friends, uniting against the wandering hands of the Criterion's creepy manager. But when Connie falls for the charming...
Author
Series
Timber Girls volume 2
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the place dilapidated and neglected and the taciturn and secretive Noah MacKay not at all happy to be meeting them. It quickly becomes apparent that MacKay was expecting men from the forestry commission to take charge, rather than four young women. Trixie, Jo, Hen and Vi decide he needs to be proven wrong - after...