All the nice girls

Joan Bakewell

earliest edition we have, 2009 Virago, 2010 341 pages

It is 1942, and the war is not going well. As part of the war effort the Ashworth Grammar School for Girls signs up for the Merchant Navy's Ship Adoption Scheme, as the headmistress believes the project will broaden her girls' horizons. Aboard their adopted ship, the SS Treverran, Captain Josh Percival is tasked with beating the U-boat blockade. His wife Jessica is a Wren officer at Liverpool's Derby House, and son P...

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All the nice girls edition · 2010 · Virago · 341 pages · 9781844085316
All the Nice Girls edition · 2010 · Magna Story Sound · 9781846527548
All the nice girls edition · 2009 · Virago · 341 pages · 9781844086009
All the Nice Girls edition · 2009 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 352 pages · 9780748111251
All the nice girls edition · 2009 · Magna Large Print · 405 pages · 9780750531528

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