Bobby's War (eBook)

The RNA winning WWII saga

Shirley Mann (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
383 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
9781838772239 (ISBN)

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Winner of the RNA romantic saga award 2021An inspiring and uplifting tale of women on the home front, for fans of Molly Green and Vicki Beeby.'A gripping series. I've loved every one' Rosie GoodwinIt's 1942 and Bobby Hollis has joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in a team known as the 'glamour girls' - amazing women who pilot aircraft all around the country.Bobby always wanted to escape life on the family farm and the ATA seemed like the perfect opportunity for her. But there's always something standing in her way. Like a demanding father, who wants to marry her off to a rich man. And the family secrets that threaten to engulf everything.As Bobby navigates her way through life, and love, she has to learn that controlling a huge, four-engined bomber might just be easier than controlling her own life . . .'What a brilliant read! Shirley Mann has given such a well-researched and comprehensive picture of the lives of the courageous women of the ATA, and Bobby is a wonderful heroine. Brave, clever and opinionated, I absolutely loved spending time with her.' Ginny Bell, author of The Dover Cafe at War 'Shirley Mann has given us in Bobby Hollis an inspiration. Plucky and resourceful as she delivers her WW2 aircraft, Bobby is exactly the sort of person you'd want at your side in real life today. This is a perfect read when all you want to do is curl up to enjoy a lovely novel. Brava!' Kitty Danton, author of The Evacuee Christmas'Rich in period detail, nostalgia, intrigue, romance and the realities of life in a perilous and unpredictable corner of the home front, Bobby's War is a saga full of history, heart and our proud national heritage.' Lancashire Evening Post Don't miss Lily's War, Hannah's War and Bridget's War. Available now. And pre-order Maggie's War, coming 2025. - - - - - - - - - - - - -Readers love Bobby's War:'I loved this book. A fabulous read.' Netgalley reviewer'If you love family sagas based in the war, this is the book for you.' Netgalley reviewer'An emotional journey throughout.' Netgalley reviewerPraise for Lily's War:'[The story] read so true to me and I really didn't want to put it down . . . It may be fiction but those things could, and did, happen.' Vera Morgan, wartime WAAF'An impeccably researched and uplifting story of love, loss and courage: a heartwarming read that will captivate all those who love a good war story.' Clare Harvey, author of The Gunner Girl'A wonderful, inspiring story. I can't wait to read more from Shirley Mann.' Sheila Newberry

Autor

Shirley Mann is a Derbyshire-based journalist who spent most of her career at the BBC. She now makes short films for organisations such as the Heritage Lottery Fund. Her first novel, Lily's War, was inspired by Shirley's mother, who was a WAAF and her father who was in the Eighth Army. Her second book, Bobby's War is about a young ATA pilot.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: 1940s • A Christmas Wish for the Shipyard Girls • Annie Groves • Annie Groves Army Clare Harvey Daisy Styles Deborah Burrows Donna Douglas Ellie Dean • Annie Murray • A rag and bone Christmas • ATA • ATA Glamour Girls WAAFs World War II Second World War RAF 1940s Home front pilots • award winning author • A Winter Hope • books of 2021 • Christmas • Christmas for the District Nurses • Christmas for the Ops Rooms Girls • Christmas saga • Christmas with the Spitfire Girls • Christmas with the Teashop Girls • cosy read • daisy styles • digital • dilly court • Diney Costelow • elaine everest • Emotional • Escapist read • Evie Grace family female friendship Gloucestershire heartwarming hollie holly green • family christmas • family drama • Family Saga • festive read • festive romance • Festive saga • Festive women's fiction • German • Germany • Ginny Bell • Glamour Girls • Heartwarming • Historical • Holiday • Home Front • Hot Pies on the Tram Car • inspiring Nadine Dorries Nancy Revell nostalgia Oxfordshire pilots • jenny holmes • jewish fiction • Johanna Bell • Kate Thompson • Katie Flynn • Kindle • Lancaster • Maisie Thomas • Nancy Revell • New • New saga • Norfolk • Norwich • Pam Howes • Paperback • Perfect for fans of • Pilots • RAF • RAF Rosie Archer Rosie Clarke Soraya M Lane The Bomb Girls • Railway Girls • Romance • romantic saga • Rosie Clarke • Rosie James • rural romance • Second World War • Secrets of the Homefront Girls • Secrets of the Lavender Girls • Secrets of the Railway Girls • Shipyard Girls • Spitfire • Summer • The Air Raid Girls • The Bobby Girls • The Code Girls Shipyard WAAF war fiction Wartime saga Spitfire Sisters • The Dover Cafe at War • The Mother and Baby Home • The Ops Room Girls • The Railway Girls • The Railway Girls in Love • THe Shipyard Girls • The Spitfire Girls • The War Girls • The Winter Baby • Under the Mistletoe • vacation • Vicki Beeby • Victory for the Ops Room Girls • WAAFs • war • Winter • winter read • Women's Auxiliary Airforce • World War II • World War Two
• ISBN-13: 9781838772239 / 9781838772239