From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Nancy Revell. This is her first novel in the compelling Shipyard Girls series.
Nancy Revell is the author of the Shipyard Girls series, which is set in the north-east of England during World War II. She is a former journalist who worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. Nancy also wrote amazing and inspirational true life stories for just about every woman's magazine in the country. When she first started writing the Shipyard Girls series, Nancy relocated back to her hometown of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, along with her husband, Paul, and their English bull mastiff, Rosie. They now live just a short walk away from the beautiful award-winning beaches of Roker and Seaburn, within a mile of where the books are set. The subject is particularly close to Nancy's heart as she comes from a long line of shipbuilders, who were well known in the area.
THE FIRST SHIPYARD GIRLS NOVEL. Sunderland, 1940, and the
women go to the shipyards to do their bit for the war effort. The
Shipyard Girls start off as strangers - but end up forging an
unbreakable bond of friendship in the most difficult times. * from
the publisher's description *
I have just finished The Shipyard Girls and enjoyed it
very much indeed . . . It has all the essentials of a good
saga: well-drawn, believable, sympathetic characters,
storylines which keep the reader turning the page and a very
authentic background . . . The special bond that develops between
the women makes it a very well rounded novel and will I'm sure have
readers eagerly awaiting the next book in the series. -- Lyn
Andrews
Set in Sunderland at the start of WW2 tough doesn't begin to
describe the hard graft the Shipyard Girls experienced building
battle ships for the Navy. Though often weary, heartbroken and
terrified they have the dogged determination of conscripted women
who will never give up - whatever fate throws at them. Well done on
a terrific debut novel, Nancy Revell! -- Daisy Styles,
author of The Bomb Girls
I had read The Shipyard Girls and enjoyed it tremendously,
so much so that I bought Nancy's second book. Strong characters and
an absorbing story-line. Can't wait to read her third novel. --
Rosie Archer, author of The Gunpowder and Glory Girls
The Shipyard Girls is just wonderful. Heartfelt, pacy and
gutsy, I adore it already and will no doubt be devouring the rest
of the series with just as much enthusiasm. -- Fiona Ford, author
The Spark Girl
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