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The Gunpowder and Glory Girls
- Author
- Rosie Archer
- Narrator
- Helen Lloyd
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2016
- Run Time
- 9 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family - a group of local gangsters and black-market smugglers, including a particular thug, a pimp, who is determined to make the girl his.
Can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?
(P)2016 W F Howes Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Rosie Archer
- Narrator
- Helen Lloyd
- Duration
- 9 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2016
- ISBN
- 9781786481504
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, Family life fiction
Synopsis
The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her daughter has moved away, and a lot of her friends have left Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger.But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family - a group of local gangsters and black-market smugglers, including a particular thug, a pimp, who is determined to make the girl his.Can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?(P)2016 W F Howes Ltd
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