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  • Bobby's War

  • By: Shirley Mann
  • Narrated by: Rosie Jones
  • Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (80 ratings)

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Bobby's War

By: Shirley Mann
Narrated by: Rosie Jones
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Summary

Winner of the RNA Romantic Saga Award 2021

An inspiring and uplifting tale of women on the home front. For fans of Annie Groves and Nancy Revell.

On the ground, the crowd of men stood with their mouths agape, watching the wings soar into the air, the tail kept impressively steady and the small plane with a woman at the controls disappearing into the May sunshine.

It's 1942 and Bobby Hollis has joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in a team known as the 'glamour girls' - amazing women who pilot aircraft all around the country.

Bobby always wanted to escape life on the family farm and the ATA seemed like the perfect opportunity for her. But there's always something standing in her way. Like a demanding father, who wants to marry her off to a rich man. And the family secrets that threaten to engulf everything.

As Bobby navigates her way through life, and love, she has to learn that controlling a huge, four-engined bomber might just be easier than controlling her own life . . .

This audiobook is brought to you by Memory Lane, a community for lovers of heart-warming and moving stories about women's lives, featuring wartime, family and romance, and home to the very best saga writing. Join us today at memorylane.club.

©2020 Shirley Mann (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK
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Great book

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A book you don't want to put down, a great insight into WW2. Thank you.

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Uplifting and insightful.

I listened to Bobbys War on a 5 hour flight. Listening made s long later night journey a pleasure. I enjoyed the narration and getting to know the characters. Bobby is a real inspiration and wow how these girls had an impact on the war effort. I found it really interesting hearing about the stories of the ATA pilots. What times they lived through! Thank you for bringing the stories it to life Shirley Mann

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I loved them all

I've now read all these books and loved them all!! Beautifully written wonderful stories. The narrator was brilliant, just glad she didn't try the Norfolk accent ... I'm from Norfolk and know it's a difficult one, haha. I love the fact that it's based on truth and such a delightful reminder that we women were amazing in WWII. Thank you

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bobby war

what a story about women's live in the war who are not reckonnice .Then they had to go back to normal life .

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incredible

I am dyslexic so it is great to be able to listen to these books and the books are incredible I want to say thank you to the author and hope she can right some more. ps if any TV companies want to make a drama lily's war and Bobby's war are award winning.

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Loved this!

If I had been reading it I wouldn’t have put it down. Listened to it in 2 days, loved learning even more about the tricks and “hacks” that they used, along with raw descriptions mixed with empowering women and of course romance. Downloaded without hesitation after listening to Lilys War and can’t wait to get Hannah’s war next!

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Gripping

I don’t think this book is necessarily being marketed at men in their 30s like me, but I was absolutely gripped by the storytelling.

It really brought home what life might have been like for ordinary people during that time. Highly recommended.

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Loved it

Loved the second book by this author. Beautifully written with strong women characters and indepth portrayal of womens roles In the war. Great narration too.

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Irene Derbyshire

I enjoyed this story of Bobbys life and work in war time and look forward to another book in the series.

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