The Timber Girls, Rosie Archer
The Timber Girls, Rosie Archer
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The Timber Girls

Author: Rosie Archer

Narrator: Tamsin Kennard

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 08/04/2022


Synopsis

The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest.

1942

Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-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 feel that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as the war is over.

But training to become a Lumberjill is hard; working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from your problems doesn't make them disappear.

(P) 2022 Quercus Editions Limited

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on August 14, 2022

Trixie Smith lives in Gosport, she’s nineteen, and works at Watts the Greengrocers and plays the piano at the Alma hotel on the weekends. Trixie wants to help England win the war, and in 1942 they desperately need recruits for the newly formed Women’s Timber Corps. Trixie leaves home for the first t......more

Goodreads review by Carol Anne on October 22, 2022

2.5-3 stars for this one, I honestly couldn’t connect with any of the four main characters but I’m betting that’s probably down to me?......more

Goodreads review by Leigh on September 24, 2022

A big thank you to Netgalley and Rosie Archer for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I was really happy to be accepted for this one, since I've enjoyed previous books that I have read from the author. Tired of working in a greengrocers and hoping to give her mum......more

Goodreads review by Susie on June 06, 2023

1942. Trixie Smith is fed up working in a greengrocers and playing the piano in a pub at night in Gosport. How is this helping to win the war? she thinks. So, she is on her way to Scotland to join the Women’s Timber Corps. On the ferry she meets Cy, a US soldier from New Orleans on leave. Training t......more

Goodreads review by Nicola on August 09, 2022

All of this book was just a delight! I loved going with the Timber Girls on their adventures and tales of training to become Lumbergills. We’ve all heard of the land girls, but with wartime reaching it’s height, there’s a real need for wood and timber for the war effort so more and more Lumbergills......more