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A Girl Called Thursday (Haslar Saga 1)

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I discoved Lilian Harry last summer, since that time I have read most of earlier works and I can say that her lastest release "Girl called Thursday" lives up to the author's great standards. Ms. Harry takes the reader back to Portsmounth during the beginning of world war 2 and the tell the story of a young girl named Thursday, who has joined the VADs. As with her other books Ms. Harry give the reader many details of both the setting and characters. Another great book by Lilian Harry.

This was a very good book. I have never read any UK printed fiction historicals before. Some of the lingo in it is very different than in America but I figured out pretty quick. It follows the life of a girl named Tuesday. She was born in 1918 on a thursday during some important historical event-I forgot what it was-so her parents named her this.

This starts out how she was to be a seamstress but decides she wants to join the mobile VADs-nursing assistants-she gets sent to a place not far from home. This story follows along when the Germans started bombing London and surounding areas. This is definately an eye opener for those of you who are in your 30s who never got this war covered in school. I only remember the conservation camps nothing else so if you want to learn alittle history AND read about real people and how they learn to love even if it means their man goes off to fight the war-this is the book for you. Any of these type of books well good reading about common folk. Its a nice change from reading about rich people. I am more interested in common life than the glitter and stardom that others seek to read about.