The Girls in Blue

Oct 22, 2024 2:26 AM

Author:Lily Baxter

The Girls in Blue

When her home is destroyed in a bombing raid over London, Miranda Beddoes is forced to take refuge with her grandparents down on the Dorset coast. With both her parents doing their duty for king and country, Miranda longs to do the same. She joins the WAAF and is soon working hard to help win the war.

Despite her determination to dedicate herself to her work, Miranda falls for charismatic fighter pilot Gil Maddern – a man known for his recklessness and passion for flying. As the battle rages in the skies above them and she learns that Gil’s plane has been hit, it is only the friendship of her fellow girls in blue that keeps Miranda going as she waits for news…

Reviews

Highly evocative of a time, a place, a people, and a changing way of life in London at the end of World War II, this is a satisfying, compelling novel.

—— Booklist

Writing from the heart, Granger is unique in popular fiction in that she is able to tie in a fictional family saga with the big social changes going on in post war London.It's also a great Tube read, that takes you on a nostalgic journey back to a lost cockney paradise that never was.

—— What’s On in London

Heart-warming East End story, brimming with lively characters and the issues and problems affecting a London community in 1945.

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

'She brings the East End to life'

—— Barbara Windsor

Compelling. 4 stars

—— Star Magazine

Engrossing

—— Choice Magazine

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