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A story about women from different classes who come together to help their country through WWI. Also a story about how women's football really started to gain some ground. I thoroughly enjoyed this book although it probably could have been a bit shorter. These women gave just as much as the men did during WWI and it is unfourtunate that women had to fight to regain the progress they made after the war. Author's note at the end dives into that.

So happy I was able to check this book out from the library again so I can finish it! The Canary Girls have such an interesting history - not only their work but the story of the women and football is also quite interesting.

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Well, between a new job and the kids I've had very little time for reading. I went to renew Canary Girls from our library since I'm only part way through (although it's quite good) but someone had reserved it so I couldn't renew. I have to say it's the first time I haven't been able to renew a book since we don't live in a large city. So now I'm going to have to wait until it comes back to finish the book!

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A case of lice in our household slowed my reading down this past weekend but I'm still hoping to finish the tagged book this week. I'm close to half way through and enjoying it so far. The writing doesn't draw you in as much as some of the recent books I've read but it is still well written. I'm really loving the storylines.

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Going to spend some time this weekend reading the tagged book. Figured I'd start it off with my favourite summer drink, dragonfruit tea. I'm hoping to learn a bit about the impact women had on WWI with this book.

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I enjoyed reading this and learned a good bit about women‘s lives in England during WWI. I had never heard about the women who worked in munitions factories and certainly didn‘t know that those who worked with TNT directly suffered a yellow tint to their skin (hence the title with their nickname), damaged hair, and general danger to their health! Meanwhile they persevered—and even played soccer!

I listened to this book while packing moving boxes. I had never heard about Canary Girls and learned a lot about British women and their lives during World War I.

I‘ve of course heard about Rosie the Riveters of WWII but hadn‘t heard any of that sort for WWI, so this was nicely educational with interesting characters.

23 #68 A story I‘d never heard before.

Jennifer Chiaverini‘s books for me are either so good I can‘t put them down (Resistance Women) or too boring for me to want to keep picking up (Switchboard Soldiers). This one was so good and I couldn‘t put it down! Now, as I say that, you have to first meet every character and get their backstory before things really get moving. Stick with it through the first 80ish pages (if you can), the story really gets going after that 👍

A view from my vacation with my husband to Louisville, KY. We stayed at our first B&B which was in a Victorian mansion, this was the covered backyard porch. I want to go back!!

This WWI novel highlights the unique role the Munitionettes of London played during the years of war. Told in three perspectives from across economic groups, Helen, an Oxford professor‘s daughter and staunch suffragette, Lucy, a homemaker & mother of two wed to her childhood sweetheart who is now an architect & a famous footballer, & April, a young woman entering domestic service eventually all come together in this engaging & informative read!

My suitcase is almost packed and ready for our vacation starting tomorrow 🙌 The plan is to start “Canary Girls”, but have “First Ladies” as a backup. Jennifer Chiaverini is a hit or miss author for me, so I‘m hoping for a hit (but planning in case it‘s a miss 😇).

This one was a real page-turner. Reminded me a great deal of the book Atomic Girls. This was a part of history I really wasn't fully aware of during WWI. This is a cross of A League of Their Own and Atomic Girls and it'd one I think everyone should read. Solid 🌟🌟🌟🌟 read.