The GWR Girls – with apologies to the author (Jane Lark) of The Great Western Railway Girls for having to abbreviate the title of her novel for SEO purposes.
So I (Angela) spotted this book in central library a few days back and decided to give it a whirl. I was jolly glad I did when I saw in the acknowledgements a mention of our very Swindon Heritage Preservation Trust and the railway village museum on Faringdon Road. So I figured it would be a nice thing to give the book a mention – being as how Jane has set it within the Works and the GWR.
See this image of the back cover for more about the book:
So this one is the first of a series. The second one in the series, The Great Western Railway Girls do Their Bit is set for release into the wild in September. It covers the weeks that led up to the evacuation of the men from the Belgian and French beaches. Jane says she had to do a great deal of research into what happened when the ships brought the men home.
About the author
From Jane’s website, find it here, –
‘Jane is a writer of compelling, passionate and emotionally charged fiction filled with diverse characters. Now writing as J.S. Lark.
Author of the No.1 bestselling Historical Romance novel ‘The Illicit Love of a Courtesan’ and shortlisted for the 2017 UK’s Historical Romantic Fiction Novel of the year with ‘The Reckless Love of an Heir’. Now also an author of bestselling psychological thrillers, under the pen name, J.S. Lark. Her second thriller, ‘The Twins’, was shortlisted for the Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller 2021.’
Other GWR related fiction
I read this book, Mrs A’s Indian Gentleman a few years ago and loved it. It features Swindon and a central protagonist called Mrs Atkinson – how could I not love it?
https://swindonian.me/2020/06/07/mrs-as-indian-gentlemen
And for detective fiction fans there’s The Christmas Railway Mystery by Edward Marston.
