The Telephone Girls by Jenny Holmes - ISBN: 9780552173650
Paperback
1930s telephone girls uncover scandal, friendship’s their only line.

The Telephone Girls

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    15 August 2017

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Summary

  1. George Street, West Yorkshire, houses a gleaming, brand-new telephone exchange where a group of capable girls works the complicated electrical switchboards. Among them are Cynthia, Norma and Millicent, who relish the busy, efficient atmosphere and the independence and friendship their jobs have given them.

But when Millicent connects a telephone call for an old friend, and listens in to the conversation - breaking one of the telephonists’ main rules - she, and then Norma …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780552173650
ISBN-10:0552173657
Author:Jenny Holmes
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Corgi Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:15 August 2017
Weight:304g
Dimensions:198mm x 127mm x 27mm
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Critics Review

Praise for Jenny Holmes

[Jenny Holmes] creates wonderfully human and flawed characters … A thrilling, surprising and bittersweet tale … Fans of Call the Midwife will particularly enjoy it * On: Yorkshire magazine *
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Vibrant and heart-warming, Jenny Holmes makes Chapel Street come alive. * Sunday Express on The Shop Girls of Chapel Street *
Gritty and uplifting, it’s a tale of triumph over adversity * Choice on The Mill Girls of Albion Lane *

About The Author

Jenny Holmes

Jenny Holmes lives in Ilkley, the gateway to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, and sets her sagas in her beloved home county and in neighbouring Lancashire. She enjoys playing tennis, being around horses and walking her dog by the river. She also writes children’s books as Jenny Oldfield.

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