A CHALLEGING PERIOD

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THE SURPLUS GIRLS SET IN MANCHESTER 1922. WOULD LOVE TO READ THIS FIRST EPISODE OF THIS SAGA. LOVE READING ABOUT THE WAR, AND HOW PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY COPED WITH IT ALL.

MY READING CLUB WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS BOOK. WE ENJOY READING ABOUT STORIES OF THE WAR, AND ITS HARD TIMES WITH FAMILIES
AND HOW THEY COPED.

ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN IN FACTORIES AND SHOPS. LACK OF MEN FOLK AROUND AND WOMEN HAVING TO DO THEIR BEST IN THESE WAR YEARS.

ALSO CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED.

THE STORY IS SET IN A MILL YARD, AND BELINDA LAYTON IS A SURPLUS GIRL. HER DREAMS VANISHED IN THE GREAT WAR WITH THE DEATH OF HER FIANCE. SHE JOINS A SECRETARIAL CLASS AFTER COUPLE OF YEARS AND METS BOOKSHOP OWNER, RICHARD CARSON. I WOULD LOVE TO DISCOVER WHAT ADVENTURES SHE ENCOUNTERED DURING THIS RELATIONSHIP.

THE STORY LOOKS SET IN WORLD WAR 2 AND ITS GREAT TO READ ABOUT THIS TIME AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF HOW PEOPLE SUFFERED AND THEIR LIVES.