{"product_id":"9781787463967-railway-girls","title":"The Railway Girls","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir bond will see them through\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e new Railway Girls series, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Ellie \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eStunning \u003c\/b\u003ewriting [and] perfectly paced'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrost Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A story of true \u003cb\u003efriendship\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003elove\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eloss \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003etrust\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCandis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn February, 1922, at the western-most entrance to Victoria Station in Manchester, a massive plaque was unveiled. Beneath a vast tiled map showing the lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway network, a series of seven bronze panels recorded the names of the men of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War - a total of 1,460 names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March, 1940, a group of women of varying ages and backgrounds, stand in front of the memorial, ready to do their bit in this new World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMabel \u003c\/b\u003eis determined to make a fresh start as a railway girl where no one will know the terrible thing she did and she can put her guilt behind her. Or is she just running away?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile \u003cb\u003eJoan \u003c\/b\u003ewill never be as good as her sister, or so her Gran keeps telling her. A new job as a station clerk could be just the thing she needs to forget her troubles at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd \u003cb\u003eDot\u003c\/b\u003e is further into her forties than she cares to admit. Her beloved sons are away fighting and her husband - well, the less said about him the better. Ratty old sod. She is anxious to become a railway girl just like her dear mam - anything to feel she is supporting the sons she prays for every night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe three women start off as strangers, but soon form an unbreakable bond that will get them through the toughest of times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32492174999649,"sku":"9781787463967","price":8.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32291146.jpg?v=1737126050","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787463967-railway-girls","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}