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|title=The Shipyard Girls
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|date=September 2016
|isbn=978-1784754631
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1940 and the workload of Thompsons, the Wearsidee Wearside shipyard, increases so much they do the unthinkable: employ women to perform the roles traditionally taken by men. It's the bravest as well as the strongest women who accept the challenge and, under the expert tuition of Rosie, begin to take their places beside their male counterparts. It's not an easy ride for any of them. In fact, as they band together, there's one particular group that will face dangers in their daily lives as real - and more imminent - than any encountered on the slipway.
Journalist and writer Amanda Revell Walton hails from Sunderland and a family deep in shipyard heritage. It therefore made perfect sense for her to take on the pen name of [[:Category:Nancy Revell|Nancy Revell]] in order to separate her second profession from the day job and treat us to a novel that's as accurate as it is enthralling.
Indeed, the author set out to write a tribute to the shipyard's wartime volunteers and she succeeds. They take form in our imaginations and remain in our memories. The best news yet is that this is a first in series that promises much and, so far, delivers it.
(Thank you to the good folk at Arrow for providing us with a copy for review. We also have a review of [[Shipyard Girls at War: (Shipyard Girls 2) by Nancy Revell|book two]].)
Further Reading: If this appeals, we also highly recommend [[The Heart of the Night by Judith Lennox]]and [[The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom by Alison Love]]. It's non-fiction but you might also enjoy [[The Girls Who Went to War by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi]].
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