**A heart-warming novel inspired by real life events, about the brave women during WWI who worked in the historic grounds of London's Kew Gardens.** *Can the women of Kew keep the gardens alive in the midst of war?* London, 1916. England is at war. Desperate to help in whatever way they can, Ivy
The Kew Gardens Girls at War
โ Scribed by Posy Lovell
- Book ID
- 110682838
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780593419724
- ASIN
- B099WJ6L3M
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โฆ Synopsis
Inspired by real events, a touching novel about a new class of courageous women who worked at London 's historic Kew Gardens during World War II.
_In the face of war, gardening is their duty โฆ_When Daisy Cooper's new husband joins the RAF to fight the Battle of Britain, she's terrified she's going to lose him. So when her mother Ivy suggests she join the gardeners at Kew to keep busy, Daisy's intrigued. After all, Ivy worked at Kew during the last great war and made lifelong friends along the way. Louisa Armitage, not ready to hang up her gardening gloves just yet, and Beth Sanderson, an aspiring doctor looking to make a difference, decide to enlist as well. When tragedy strikes, the women are forced to come together to support one other during their darkest hours. But can the Kew Gardens Girls survive the horrors of war-torn London this time?
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It's 1916 and England is at war. Desperate to help in whatever way they can, Ivy and Louisa enlist as gardeners at Kew, taking on the jobs of the men who have gone to fight. Under their care, the Gardens begin to flourish - but Ivy and Louisa aren't being treated fairly, and not everyone wants them