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The Gunpowder and Glory Girls: The Bomb Girls 4

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Gunpowder and Glory Girls: The Bomb Girls 4
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rosie Archer
SeriesThe Bomb Girls
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128
Category/GenreSagas
Historical fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781784297848
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publication Date 29 December 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her friend Em, and Em's daughter Lizzie, have moved away, and a lot of others have left Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger. But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family - a group of local gangsters and black-market smugglers, including a particular thug, a pimp, who is determined to make the girl his own Can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?

Author Biography

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 The Munitions Girls, The Canary Girls, The Factory Girls and The Gunpowder and Glory Girls as well as a series of gangster sagas under the name June Hampson.

Reviews

A gripping story packed with darkness and light, love and friendship, greed and betrayal - Lancashire Evening Post on The Canary Girls