After some good-natured teasing, laughing, and splashing, Molly looks up to see Mrs. Schulz on the dock, wearing a sundress. She tells Molly, Max, and Anna that it is time to get out, and she offers milk and cookies. Schulz are from Germany, and have German accents. They slip some German words into their speech, so, since Molly has played with Anna every summer, Molly has learned a few German words. Anna askes is her mother made molasses cookies, which she did, and Mrs. Schulz calls out to Max to ask whether or not he caught any fish for supper tomorrow.
Max didn't, and comes shore after tying up his boat. Molly laments that her first week is now over, but dwells on the memories she shares with Anna while walking back to the house. Anna and Molly had, in the loft, built a hay fort, made a tire swing, and even biked into town for ice cream. Approaching the house, Molly hears Mr. Schulz's car and the reader learns he is a farmer, who works evenings at the garage in Weston, Illinois. The reader also learns that Max works at the Westion airfield.
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Max fills plane tires with air and pumps fuel, but aspires to be a pilot too. Schulz warmly greets Molly and his family, he mentions that he stopped for mail and has a letter from the Krueger's, a German family that the Schulzs' are friends with. The Schulz's haven't heard from the mother, Ruth Krueger for weeks, and is relieved to receive their letter. Molly asks who the Kruegers are and Anna tells her they live in Detroit and have a five-year-old named Hans. When everyone is settled around the table, Mrs. So she seeks out a job at Owen Owens.
Annabelle has led a life of privilege bu Dotty, Lucy and Annabelle all turn up for work at Coventry's department store Owen Owens at the time war is declared.
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Annabelle has led a life of privilege but everyone's having to pinch the pennies at the moment. The well-off are no exception, much to Annabelle's annoyance. The three young women are brought together on their first day at Owen Owens. As the trials and devastating effects of war come to bear on the three women, their bond deepens.
With disaster at every turn, they're going to need each other Hardcover , pages. Published April 18th by Canvas first published April 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Home Front Girls , please sign up. I need a summary of Home Front Girls? See 1 question about Home Front Girls…. Lists with This Book. Dec 23, Alyson rated it did not like it Shelves: I severely disliked this book but I'm too disgusted with it to form much in the way of coherent paragraphs, so here are the notes I scribbled down after finishing: Goodwin's writing has been described as "simple and light.
This book often reads as if it were meant to be read aloud to five-year-olds. As my reading switched from "this is kinda crap" to full-on Hate Read, I began to mentally over-exaggerate the w I severely disliked this book but I'm too disgusted with it to form much in the way of coherent paragraphs, so here are the notes I scribbled down after finishing: As my reading switched from "this is kinda crap" to full-on Hate Read, I began to mentally over-exaggerate the writing in my head to the "Oh, golly, gosh!
Author changes POV within paragraphs. We'll read how Lucy's feeling and then suddenly it's all "Meanwhile, Annabelle was thinking There is no story here. There's playing with paper dolls in a wartime setting. Feels very "this happened, then this happened, then this happened, then Dotty sighed".
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You either get proper English that doesn't read how real people talk, or "cor, luvvie! There is no reason to do this; phrasing, sentence structure, and pacing can form distinctive voices without relying on phonetic spellings. Anyone that speaks in proper English sounds exactly like everyone else that speaks in proper English. I'd think the upper class girl would speak very differently from the working class orphan in this particular place and time, but apparently I'd be wrong. Where's the slang that would place this in the proper time period? This is so flat.
Read some Connie Willis for intense wartime novels that feel immersive and immediate. Creeeeepy focus on whether or not female characters are "very attractive. Did you know the author did research? I know she did because she awkwardly shoves information into text, making weird segues within paragraphs that literally have nothing to do with what's going on in the scene. Oh god, near the end characters start reflecting on what's gone on in their lives since the start of the war.
They are literally summarizing the story. I know what happened! I know what Dotty and Lucy and Annabelle used to be like! I read it already! Oh, and the women are lesbian because they've both been horribly abused by men earlier in life.
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Because that's totally how one becomes lesbian and isn't at all offensive. View all 3 comments. Nov 06, Ronni Parks rated it it was amazing. This is a story of true friendship and how life, love, and loss only serve to strengthen those bonds. Mar 25, Megan Readinginthesunshine rated it it was amazing. Home Front Girls tells the story of three girls brought together during the war.
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In contrast, Annabelle has lead a much more privileged life than Dotty or Lucy. But with the war coming, these three girls find themselves starting work at a departmen Home Front Girls tells the story of three girls brought together during the war. But with the war coming, these three girls find themselves starting work at a department store, Owen Owen, and learning just how valuable support and friendship is in times of war. I thouroughly enjoyed Home Front Girls! I started this on a morning and I was instantly taken in by the three girls and their situations.
I became so involved in their stories and what they were going through that I raced through the book because I was constantly wanting to know what would happen next to the girls, what information would be discovered and what choices they would make. The three girls were so very well-written, even though they each had different personalities it was easy to get to know them, and in only a short time I felt as though I had known these girls for my whole life.
They were so realistic, their situations were real and the setting was so life-like that at times I felt as though I had been transported back in time and was standing in Owen Owen with them watching the scenes involved in front of me. I particularly liked learning about their background stories, their fears, their hopes, and the men they spoke about who were away with the war. I liked that at first they were strangers to each other, but as they each started their jobs and the war grew closer, that they turned to each other for support, friendship and company. I enjoyed reading about their time together and watching the bond between them grow and strengthen as time went on.
I loved that they looked out for each other, that they were strong for each other and that they went ahead in life together and united. The descriptions and the setting were outstanding. Rosie Goodwin really brought to life the reality of living through war and how it affected not only the physical surroundings but the lives of the people living there too.
The scenes about what was happening in Coventry were very emotional and heart-breaking, and I really felt for the characters in the book, I wanted to reach out to them all. As I became more emotionally involved in the scenes I had a stringer desire to read on as I genuinely cared about the characters and I wanted to know what would happen to them.
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Home Front Girls is a gripping, moving and emotional story of war and the devastating effects it has on a community and the real people that had to face life and do their best to get through it together. It is compelling to read as the story explores war, love, family, secrets, tragedy, hopes and fears.
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But in particular, Home Front Girls focuses on three girls who form an unlikely friendship and the incredible bond between them. Feb 19, Sally Andrews rated it liked it. I was really looking forward to reading this book, the subject matter is the sort I like to read. I was rather disappointed in the way the author wrote the book, it seemed a childish way of writing to me and the story was rather predictable even though I didn't finish it compared to other novels i've read about the 2nd world war this was rather depressing and incredibly far fetched - I read for 2 hours on a bus today and in that space of time 5 characters in the book died and 1 character compl I was really looking forward to reading this book, the subject matter is the sort I like to read.
I was rather disappointed in the way the author wrote the book, it seemed a childish way of writing to me and the story was rather predictable even though I didn't finish it compared to other novels i've read about the 2nd world war this was rather depressing and incredibly far fetched - I read for 2 hours on a bus today and in that space of time 5 characters in the book died and 1 character completely lost her house - at that point it got too depressing for me I know the war was depressing but this is supposed to be light reading!!!!
I'm hoping some of the reviews have spoilers as it would be interesting to know if my predictions are right!!! May 04, Laura Pugh rated it really liked it. A simple but engaging tale of three young women living in Coventry, whose lives change dramatically during the duration of the second world war.
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The screenwriter, Anna Sandor, won the Humanitas Prize for the movie. Based on the "Molly: Her father is an Army doctor. In the beginning, Molly, Linda, and Susan are at the movie theater talking about how they think their teacher, Miss Campbell, is nice and pretty and they think her fiance, Lieutenant Davies, is handsome as well. The girls then go to an ice cream parlor and are disappointed that they are out of ice cream, but they decide to get cherry coke instead.
As Molly's 10th birthday nears, she dreams of having princess-themed tea party for her birthday, only to be disappointed to learn that her family can't afford it. Molly's older sister Jill then says she is too immature to understand how the war changes people's lives. As Molly's class learns about the war going on and air raid drills, Molly's father announces that he must go to London to help injured soldiers.
Molly is furious that her father is leaving her and going to an unsafe city, but he comforts her by calling Molly his "North Star" and telling her to look at the stars. Molly then decides she wants to be the school's "Miss Victory" but she struggles to practice her tap dancing and Allison has been dancing since she was a toddler. Molly also gets chosen to represent her class in the school spelling bee. When Molly's mother takes a job, the girls are looked after by their neighbor Mrs.