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The Girls in Blue
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17 year old Jane Hadley is desperate to turn 18 so that she can leave the home of her abusive father (who is a very respectable pillar of the community outside home!) and join the Women’s Auxiliary Air force. Of course young, naïve Jane doesn’t realise that she will need to wait somewhat until she starts training but during this time she lives in a London hotel and becomes friends with Nancy and Charlotte.
The Girls in Blue is the first book in the series of the same name and each of the books primarily focusses on one of the characters – the first is Jane, the second book focusses on Nancy and the third on Charlotte, but of course the others do appear!
Following Basic Training, Jane’s is assigned to a secret job as a plotter and separated from her friends. On the first day at her new location, she has an accident and meets a handsome RAF pilot who looks after her – he would like to be more than friends but Jane is not ready/able to get close to a man.
Through her work in the WAAF, the time spent with her new friends, and further chance meetings with Oscar Stanton, Jane starts to develop in confidence.
Jane’s biggest worry is that her father will find her & force her to return home, as she is still under 21 & thus legally his responsibility. When her father does finally catch up with her & kidnaps her to return her home, Oscar in instrumental in securing her release.
The book is well-researched, though does remain quite generic in terms of the work that the WAAFs are doing. It is a nice reminder that once-upon-a-time, ordinary people really could stay for 3 months at a budget hotel in London (rather than now days when such a stay would bankrupt you!)
The characters are well developed, though Oscar is perhaps just a little bit too perfect! There is romance, coupled with good historical fact/research and this book, and the series, will appeal to lovers of this style of historical fiction.
The Girls in Blue is the first book in the series of the same name and each of the books primarily focusses on one of the characters – the first is Jane, the second book focusses on Nancy and the third on Charlotte, but of course the others do appear!
Following Basic Training, Jane’s is assigned to a secret job as a plotter and separated from her friends. On the first day at her new location, she has an accident and meets a handsome RAF pilot who looks after her – he would like to be more than friends but Jane is not ready/able to get close to a man.
Through her work in the WAAF, the time spent with her new friends, and further chance meetings with Oscar Stanton, Jane starts to develop in confidence.
Jane’s biggest worry is that her father will find her & force her to return home, as she is still under 21 & thus legally his responsibility. When her father does finally catch up with her & kidnaps her to return her home, Oscar in instrumental in securing her release.
The book is well-researched, though does remain quite generic in terms of the work that the WAAFs are doing. It is a nice reminder that once-upon-a-time, ordinary people really could stay for 3 months at a budget hotel in London (rather than now days when such a stay would bankrupt you!)
The characters are well developed, though Oscar is perhaps just a little bit too perfect! There is romance, coupled with good historical fact/research and this book, and the series, will appeal to lovers of this style of historical fiction.
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September 8, 2022
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September 8, 2022
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September 10, 2022
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