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A review by thebashfulbookworm
Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane
4.0
Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls, by Lizzie Lane, is the second book in her Tobacco Girls series. A lovely read that details the life of three young women in Bristol, UK during the fraught years of World War II. This book is full of the everyday struggles of the rationing, air raids, and food shortages that these women faced during those tough times.
The story takes place in Bristol, UK, and follows the lives of Bridget Milligan, Maisie Miles and Phyllis Mason as they rely on their friendship to help them through the dark days of the beginning of the war in Britain.
Bridget’s comes from a large happy family with many siblings. All her younger brothers and sisters are evacuated to the countryside as air raids are expected in the cities. She helps her mother deal with the worry and the emptiness in her family home.
Phyllis has just married Robert and he’s gone off to war, but now she has to live with his difficult parents as she deals with her pregnancy and wonders how she will live in a loveless marriage when he returns. And Maisie has to hide from her stepfather and the gangsters who are after him.
These three women bond together and help each other deal with the struggles of war, families and living through air raids, rationing, and food shortages.
This book resonated with me because I’m so interested in this period of time. My parents were about the same age as these characters and lived in London during this time period. Like Bridget's siblings, my father was evacuated to the countryside and later joined and served in the Royal Marines and my mother served in the Royal Air Force.
The details of the struggles of rationing, and food shortages were very well described and I felt for these characters and their struggles. Also the scenes with the air raids felt very real and were well described.
About the Author: Lizzie Lane is the author of over 50 books, a number of which have been bestsellers. She was born and bred in Bristol where many of her family worked in the cigarette and cigar factories. This has inspired her new saga series for Boldwood The Tobacco Girls, the first part of which will be published in January 2021.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
The story takes place in Bristol, UK, and follows the lives of Bridget Milligan, Maisie Miles and Phyllis Mason as they rely on their friendship to help them through the dark days of the beginning of the war in Britain.
Bridget’s comes from a large happy family with many siblings. All her younger brothers and sisters are evacuated to the countryside as air raids are expected in the cities. She helps her mother deal with the worry and the emptiness in her family home.
Phyllis has just married Robert and he’s gone off to war, but now she has to live with his difficult parents as she deals with her pregnancy and wonders how she will live in a loveless marriage when he returns. And Maisie has to hide from her stepfather and the gangsters who are after him.
These three women bond together and help each other deal with the struggles of war, families and living through air raids, rationing, and food shortages.
This book resonated with me because I’m so interested in this period of time. My parents were about the same age as these characters and lived in London during this time period. Like Bridget's siblings, my father was evacuated to the countryside and later joined and served in the Royal Marines and my mother served in the Royal Air Force.
The details of the struggles of rationing, and food shortages were very well described and I felt for these characters and their struggles. Also the scenes with the air raids felt very real and were well described.
About the Author: Lizzie Lane is the author of over 50 books, a number of which have been bestsellers. She was born and bred in Bristol where many of her family worked in the cigarette and cigar factories. This has inspired her new saga series for Boldwood The Tobacco Girls, the first part of which will be published in January 2021.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.