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This powerful novel follows the lives of a close and dedicated circle of female pilots during the Second World War, and is a tribute to the heroism of these brave few.
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Top-class pilots were crucial to the survival of Great Britain during the dark days of the Blitz, and playing a vital role in fending off the German attack were the women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary, a close and dedicated circle of female pilots. In the midst of events that would shape history, these women risked their lives to ferry aircraft day and night from factory to the arena of war, and lasting friendships were born. Together, Edith Allam and her fellow pilots faced Nazi terror, class prejudice, and the forbidden romances of wartime - yet their remarkable strength carried them through.
Spitfire Girls evokes all of the drama of this extraordinary period of history, and is a tribute to the heroism of these brave women, without whom the Battle of Britain might never have been won. Truly inspirational, it is the tale of adventure, courage and the relationships that shape all of our lives.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I picked up this book because I thought it was a great topic for fiction, but as the author apparently knows absolutely zip about flying she really isn't ever going to do it justice. The book opens with a ludicrous incident in which a female pilot has a mid-air collision with a male pilot who has (apparently) got too close while trying to get a better look: this is represented as a practically daily occurrence. Even a really limited amount of research (or a bit of common sense, really) would have told the author that getting close enough to another plane to even hazard a guess at the sex of the pilot is pretty suicidal, and that for both pilots to survive a mid-air is a miracle, let alone for both of them to fly away unscathed. The book doesn't get any better: the author just isn't bothered about technical accuracy (anything will do, apparently!) while the characters behave in completely bizarre and unlikely ways, so unfortunately the story is no way good enough to transcend its cavalier attitude to mere facts.
My recommendation: don't waste your time with this.
Dave Cooper
My recommendation: don't waste your time with this.
Dave Cooper
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I bought this book, as the other reviewer did, expecting a historical, factual account of WW2 female pilots and was extremely disappointed to find out this was a work of fiction. I realise this is my fault for not doing more research to find out what genre I was buying but think that it should be made very clear that this is a fictional book and, also in agreement with the other reviewer , not one of the greatest.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Enjoyable but "over wordy" compared to books written by the original A.T.A. (Air Transport Auxiliary) women, whos pages left me wanting more. Not a book that you cannot put down and I would not read it again. However this is just my opinion and others who know Carol Goulds work may like it because its written by her. A facinating subject for anyone researching WWII.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Complete Rubbish
This is probably one of the worst books I have ever read. It is tedious and not well written
Waste of time
Waste of time
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Heather M. McPeake
Don't buy this book
Don't buy this book if you know anything about flying. I was given it as a present because I fly and am inspired by the women of the ATA. Unfortunately I was disappointed. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Windy
Not so good
I found "Spitfire girls" very disappointing. It seemed to me to be a very shallow treatment of a worthwhile subject. To be honest, I didn't finish it
Published 5 months ago by Olivej
Tripe!
I admire other reviewer's staying power. I didn't get past page 11. The writing style was awful. My English teacher would have given me a clip round the ear if I had written as... Read more
Published 10 months ago by E Coke-Stove
Disappointing
This book is a disappointment: written in very simple prose that tries too hard to sound "racy", it depicts unlikely and stereotypical characters engaging in wooden dialogues and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Birgit Kleymann
Historical Inaccuracies Abound
I, too, picked up this book at the library expecting it to be narrative nonfiction. It is so fictional that it is riddled with inaccuracies--and I'm only on page 126! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Sandi
Spitfire Girls
I was very disappointed with this book. Partly that was my own fault. I didn't realise that this was fiction and thought that this was going to be a factual book. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2009 by Mr. D. J. Stallard
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