Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the gifted ebook to write my honest review.

1940 – As the Nazi invaders race across Europe, the women of the Great Western Railway works pull together like never before.

Catherine wrestles with self-pity after a machine-shop accident. With her fiancé and brothers on the front lines in France, she must find a new way to fight on the home front.

At her side are her steadfast GWR friends, among them Maggie, facing the loss of her father and family home, and Lily, desperate for news of her childhood sweetheart. All are determined to keep morale high and do their bit to win the war.

Amid blackout nights and rationed days, as the war creeps closer to home, these resilient women forge deeper bonds of sisterhood, confronting heartache and embracing joy. Standing up and volunteering to do even more, when hundreds of thousands of exhausted and wounded troops are rescued from Dunkirk and arrive in Dover. Britain’s ships and small boats saved them, now the trains must move them to safety and the women need to help to keep them alive…

An inspiring story of friendship, courage and women’s strength on the home front.

The second book in the Great Western Railway Girls. This is a book I was actually waiting for after reading the first one. I was interested in discovering how the girls get on after the events from previously.

Catherine, Lily, and Maggie are all suffering in their different ways. Each are still determined to try to keep everyone’s chins up and carry on doing their best to help win the war. After Dunkirk, they take part in helping the thousands of troops, injured and exhausted troops from Dover to safety. The enormity of the task hits home when they realise they have to help them stay alive until then.

I have to say, I always say I love to be educated and entertained. This series is educating me in the role of the Great Western Railway Girls during the war. I had no clue about these things before this. I am in awe of the people who lived through these times. Jane Lark has essentially brought back to life the spirit of the communities and women during the 1940s.

Her characterisation is excellent. The women are so lifelike that I felt like I was returning to friends. All three grow closer as the story unfolds, and I was so glad to see it happen. I really felt emotional for them all as I read.

The research for this series has to have been immense. It is so well done and with so much sensitivity that the empathy I felt for the troops, the women, and even the community, as everyone pulled together to support them in their recovery.

Historical fiction with heart! I didn’t want to get to the end and leave everyone. I did try to savour each chapter, but there was no hope, I kept turning the pages thinking, “Just one more chapter.”  Even now, I am still thinking of this story.

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Jane Lark is a writer of compelling, passionate and emotionally charged fiction filled with diverse characters. She is an
international bestselling author of both historical fiction and psychological thrillers, and a finalist in British Fiction Industry awards.

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