TY - BOOK AU - Revell,Nancy TI - The shipyard girls T2 - Shipyard girls SN - 9781784754631 (paperback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Arrow Books KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - fast KW - Historical fiction KW - Domestic fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Women KW - England KW - Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England) KW - Fiction KW - War work KW - Shipyards KW - Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) KW - Shipbuilding industry KW - Employees KW - Working class KW - Female friendship KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - 20th century KW - lcgft KW - Saga fiction N1 - Formerly CIP N2 - Sunderland, 1940, and the women go to the shipyards to do their bit for the war effort. Polly never dreamed she would be able to work in the shipyards like the men in her family but times are tough and her new job ends up giving her more than she ever expected when she meets enigmatic dock diver Tommy Watts. During the day, head welder Rosie teaches her fledgling flock of trainees their new trade, but at night she hides a secret life. And mother hen Gloria signs up to escape her brutal husband, but finds she cannot run from her problems. The Shipyard Girls start off as strangers - but end up forging an unbreakable bond of friendship in the most difficult times ER -