The Kew Gardens girls at war / Posy Lovell; read by Annie Aldington.
By: Lovell, Posy.
Contributor(s): Aldington, Annie [Reader].
Publisher: Long Preston : Magna, 2021Description: 10 sound discs (CD) (ca. 10 hr. 56 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781788896801.Subject(s): Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -- Fiction | World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction | Women gardeners -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Sex discrimination -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Cast: Aldington, Annie.Summary: When Daisy Turner's new husband joins the RAF to fight the Battle of Britain, her mother Ivy suggests she joins the gardeners at Kew to keep busy. Meanwhile Beth Sanderson is furious after her father stops her applying to medical school. Angry and frustrated, she applies to a new wartime role at Kew Gardens, but the committee is run by men and Beth is asked to take a job a gardener instead. When tragedy hits, the women are forced to come together to support each other through their darkest hours. But can the Kew Gardens Girls survive the horrors of war-torn London this time?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Audiobooks | Chester Lane Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013151246 |
Story Sound CD
Aldington, Annie.
When Daisy Turner's new husband joins the RAF to fight the Battle of Britain, her mother Ivy suggests she joins the gardeners at Kew to keep busy. Meanwhile Beth Sanderson is furious after her father stops her applying to medical school. Angry and frustrated, she applies to a new wartime role at Kew Gardens, but the committee is run by men and Beth is asked to take a job a gardener instead. When tragedy hits, the women are forced to come together to support each other through their darkest hours. But can the Kew Gardens Girls survive the horrors of war-torn London this time?
Adult.