The Steel Girls, Michelle Rawlins
The Steel Girls, Michelle Rawlins
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The Steel Girls

Author: Michelle Rawlins

Narrator: Laura Brydon

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 04/15/2021

Synopsis

When war breaks out, friendship will see them through Readers LOVE The Steel Girls! ‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’, Nancy Revell, Sunday Times Sheffield, 1939. With war declared, these brave women will step up and do their bit for their country Housewife never dreamed that she’d end up in Vickers steelworks factory but when husband Bert is called up to serve, she needs to put food on the table for her two young children. Betty Young is relishing the excitement the war brings. But this shop-girl is going to have to grow up quickly, especially now she’s undertaking such back-breaking and dangerous work in the factory. The Steel Girls start off as strangers but quickly forge an unbreakable bond of friendship as these feisty factory sisters vow to keep the foundry fires burning during wartime. ‘Hardship, courage and hope on the Home Front’, bestselling author of ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Enjoyed this lovely story from the first page’‘A heartwarming story’‘I was so engrossed from the start’

About Michelle Rawlins

Michelle is an award-winning journalist with 20 years' experience, based in Yorkshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 03, 2021

I love a good Saga series and was pleased that Michelle Rawlins has brought us The Steel Girls. What a flying start this book has gotten off to! I took to Betty, Nancy & Patty straight away, Betty and Nancy the more mature and quieter of the trio and each have different lives but they hit it off strai......more

Goodreads review by Julia on March 19, 2021

The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins is a wonderful historical novel celebrating the brave women who did their bit in Sheffield’s steelworks during World War II. The novel is set in 1939 as Britain enters the war. It is an unsettling time as young men go off to war leaving their families behind. Life......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV on February 03, 2021

Book one, Vickers steel factory Sheffield, Sunday 3rd September the country is at war with Germany, and welcomes The Steel Girls, Betty Clark, Nancy Edwards and Patty Andrews, stepping into steel toe-capped boots, women are relied on to keep the foundry fires burning, they had the steelworks munitio......more

Goodreads review by em on February 20, 2021

This was an entertaining and quick read! I found the writing style easy to immerse myself in and the characters likeable. I do wish there was less telling and more showing in terms of backstories and general plot points, but it was still a fun story! Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for kind......more

Goodreads review by noreen stephens on March 27, 2022

1st book in series of women working in WW2 I love the novels about women during the world wars. It gives you a personal view of how they learned to cope with home, rations, working in formerly male only jobs. To miss your love ones fighting for your freedom was incredibly hard to cope with, waiting f......more

Quotes

Praise for : ‘A riveting saga about love, courage and, above all, female friendship’ Best ‘A lovely read’ Bella ‘Hardship, courage and hope on the Home Front’ Secrets of the Lavender Girls ‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’ The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front ‘A great read’ Yorkshire Post ’A heart-warming tale of the brave women who stepped up to become the backbone of Sheffield’s steel industry during the Second World War’ Yours

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