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The Factory Girls

byDaisy Styles

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Discover a heart-warming and uplifting tale of resilience and friendship among the working women during World War II, from the author of The Bomb Girls


'Funny, loyal and witty… An absolute joy to read’ Kate Thompson, bestselling author of, Secrets of the Home Front Girls


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January 1942

With female conscription now in place, the spitfire production line at the Bell Works Factory is busier than ever.


When sisters Val and Kay arrive, singers who bring glamour as well as talent, they are soon entertaining their co-workers after long shifts on the factory floor.

Audrey is delighted to have caught the eye of a new male supervisor. But is he all that he seems?


With romance, heartbreak, painful goodbyes as well as joyful reconciliations all around, one thing is for sure – the women pull together to keep the spirits up of one and all and do their bit for the war.


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Praise for Daisy Styles


‘Funny , happy and sad, I really didn't want it to end, but all good things do’ 5 ***** Reader Review


‘I loved this book and couldn't put it down as it was so easy to get in to it and the characters were so believable’ 5 ***** Reader Review


‘I couldn't put this book down!’ 5 ***** Reader Review

Well done Daisy for creating characters that are real women in the best sense. Funny, scheming, loyal and witty, but above all, hardworking and proud. An absolute joy to read

Kate Thompson, bestselling author of, Secrets of the Home Front Girls

About Daisy Styles

Daisy Styles grew up in Lancashire, surrounded by a family and community of strong women whose tales she loved to listen to. It was from these women, particularly her vibrant mother and Irish grandmother, that Daisy learned the art of storytelling. There was also the landscape of her childhood - wide, sweeping, empty moors and hills that ran as far as the eye could see - which was a perfect backdrop for a saga, a space big enough and wild enough to stage a drama, one about women's lives during the Second World War.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241998724
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Price: £8.99
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