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The narrowboat girls / Rosie Archer ; read by Charlotte Strevens.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
SCD ARCH	Adult Spoken Word		Campsie .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781788890717
ISBN	178889071X
Name	Archer, Rosie author
Title	The narrowboat girls / Rosie Archer ; read by Charlotte Strevens.
Published	Long Preston : Magna, 2019.
Description	8 sound discs (CD) (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Notes	Complete and unabridged.
Notes	Story Sound CD.
Performers	Read by Charlotte Strevens.
Summary	Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who needs to escape her abusive boyfriend - tells her about the jobs going for women as narrowboat crew on the canals between London and Coventry, she jumps at the chance.Their new boss, Dorothy, is kind and fair, but it's clear she has a secret of her own. The crew is completed by Tolly, searching for a new vocation. The work is hard, but the girls forge close friendships that will see them through the darkest times. They could never have predicted how much the canals could change their lives...
Target audience note	Adult.
Subjects	Female friendship -- Fiction
	Canals -- England -- Fiction
	Life change events -- Fiction
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction
Genre	Domestic fiction
Genre	Audiobooks
Other Names	Strevens, Charlotte
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Audiobooks . Canals -- England -- Fiction . Domestic fiction . Female friendship -- Fiction . Life change events -- Fiction . World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction . See Also: Talking books . Authors: Archer, Rosie . Strevens, Charlotte .