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The Allotment Girls

MP3 CD
(1 CD)
Product Number: MPCD3593
Released: 01 Sep, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781528819893
Narrator(s): Helen Lloyd
Publisher: W F Howes
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Description

BlankDuring the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them. Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & May allotment in the factory grounds. With plenty of sweat and toil, the girls eventually carve out a corner of the yard into a green plot full of life and colour. In the darkest of times, the girls find their allotment a tranquil, happy escape. Using pierced dustbin lids to sieve through the shrapnel and debris, they bring about a powerful change, not just in the factory, but their own lives. As the war rages on, the garden becomes a place of community, friendship – and deceit. As the garden thrives and grows, so do the girls' secrets . . .

Author(s): Kate Thompson
Original Publish Date: 01 Sep, 2018

All Formats/Editions

Large Print
x-large
Author(s): Kate Thompson
Product Number LP4447
Released: 01 Jul, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528812665
CD
x-large
Author(s): Kate Thompson
Narrator(s): Helen Lloyd
Product Number CX4649
Released: 01 Sep, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528819886
Playaway
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Author(s): Kate Thompson
Narrator(s): Helen Lloyd
Product Number D6039
Released: 01 Sep, 2018
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528819909

Professional reviews

"The Allotment Girls is an inspiring and heartwarming novel of wartime hardship, friendship and fortitude from Kate Thompson, author of the Secrets of the Sewing Bee. Inspired by true events, The Allotment Girls is the heartwarming story of the factory girls-come-gardeners by Kate Thompson, author of Secrets of the Sewing Bee."

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