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Bobby's War

By: Shirley Mann
Narrated by: Rosie Jones
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Winner of the RNA Romantic Saga Award 2021

An inspiring and uplifting tale of women on the home front. For fans of Annie Groves and Nancy Revell.

On the ground, the crowd of men stood with their mouths agape, watching the wings soar into the air, the tail kept impressively steady and the small plane with a woman at the controls disappearing into the May sunshine.

It'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 . . .

This audiobook is brought to you by Memory Lane, a community for lovers of heart-warming and moving stories about women's lives, featuring wartime, family and romance, and home to the very best saga writing. Join us today at memorylane.club.

©2020 Shirley Mann (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK
Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction War & Military War Feel-Good

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Loved so much about this book

Great story great insight. So many parts brought tears or just made me proud, proud to know there were so many woman helping and doing our sex & nations proud.
Narration is spot on showing emotions and different accents. Loved this book even more than the first.

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Interesting insights

I loved how the author wound together fact and fiction. Interesting insights and comparisons of the daily life of both allies and enemies in the war

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Not for me.

im sorry but I didn't enjoy this book, I found it to be quite boring and the leading character was too dull.

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