The Boat Girls
By: by Margaret Mayhew
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780750531283
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Fiction; Women; Canal-boats; Female friendship
Description: It is 1943, and three very different girls are longing to do their bit for the war effort. They become friends when they join a band of women working the canal boat delivering goods and doing a man's job while the men are away fighting. A tough, unglamorous task - but one which brings them all unexpected rewards.
Notes: Originally published: London: Corgi, 2007.