The Timber Girls

The Timber Girls

Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become a Lumberjill.

On her journey north she meets Cy, an American soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as the war is over.

But training to become a Lumberjill is hard; working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from your problems doesn't make them disappear.

Dream a Little Dream

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the place dilapidated and neglected and the taciturn and secretive Noah MacKay not at all happy to be meeting them.

It quickly becomes apparent that MacKay was expecting men from the forestry commission to take charge, rather than four young women. Trixie, Jo, Hen and Vi decide he needs to be proven wrong - after all, don't they have stamina, skill and strength?

But as the girls work to prove their worth, secrets from their own pasts threaten to follow them to Sutherland.

• Author  -  Rosie Archer
• Series / Key Character  -  The Timber Girls
• Illustrated  -  No
• Age -  Adult
• ISBN  -  Various
• Publisher  -  Quercus
• Date  -  n/a
• Format  -  Paperback
• Weight  -  280g
• Size  -  20 x 13 cm
  
• Pages  -  n/a
• RRP  -  £7.99 / £8.99

Awards:  None