{"product_id":"9781408801253-maidens-trip","title":"Maidens' Trip","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree girls abandon their middle-class comforts for an adventure of a lifetime during the Second World War. A classic and unforgettable tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Wonderfully written, humorous and humane, and beautifully evocative of the time' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent Summer Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Smith's writing exudes wisdom and humour, and her descriptions . are vividly drawn' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hope and energy radiate from every sentence of this lovely volume as it emerges into the light after its long sojourn in the cemetery of forgotten books' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic and unforgettable tale of three girls who abandon their middle-class comforts for an adventure of a lifetime during the Second World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1943 Emma Smith joined the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company under their wartime scheme of employing women to replace the boaters. She set out with two friends on a big adventure: three eighteen-year-olds, freed from a middle-class background, precipitated into the boating fraternity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey learn how to handle a pair of seventy-two foot-long canal boats, how to carry a cargo of steel north from London to Birmingham and coal from Coventry; how to splice ropes, bail out bilge water, keep the engine ticking over and steer through tunnels. They live off kedgeree and fried bread and jam, adopt a kitten, lose their bicycles, laugh and quarrel and get progressively dirtier and tougher as the weeks go by. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaidens' Trip\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic memoir of the growth to maturity of three young women in the exceptional circumstances of Britain at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31650218377313,"sku":"9781408801253","price":10.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29693520.jpg?v=1725695830","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408801253-maidens-trip","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}