The War Girls of Goodwill House
About the Book
Fenella J. Miller is the
bestselling writer of eighteen historical sagas. She also has a passion for
Regency romantic adventures and has published over fifty to great acclaim. Her
father was a Yorkshireman and her mother the daughter of a Rajah. She lives in
a small village in Essex with her British Shorthair cat.
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My Thoughts
The War Girls of Goodwill House by Fenella J. Miller is an engaging historical novel. I started reading this story and I was
quickly engrossed. We travel to Goodwill
House in Stodham, Kent, England in January of 1940. It is bitterly cold inside the large and drafty
Goodwill House. Lady Joanna Harcourt and
her daughter, Sarah are on their own with Lord David Harcourt away fighting in
France. David only left Joanna with
postal orders to handle the household finances since he was sure the war would
be over in a few months. When Sarah
answers a call from Flight Lieutenant Angus Trent asking if they could house
some incoming WAAFs, she quickly agrees.
This is the solution to their problem.
The pay for boarding the WAAFs will give them some much needed
income. When Sarah first meets Angus,
she is put off by his attitude. But
after a couple of encounters, Sarah finds herself looking forward to spending
time with the pilot. What does the
future hold for Joanna, Sarah, and Angus?
I enjoyed reading The War Girls of Goodwill House. It is well-written with developed, realistic
characters. I liked Sarah who is
seventeen and very grown up for her age.
For the first time, Joanna and Sarah are out from under the overbearing
and smothering thumb of David. With a
lack of funds, they need to find a way to earn money. They have a large drafty house (colder inside
than outside) and an RAF base nearby. It
was the perfect arrangement to take in boarders. Joanna was having to learn a whole new set of
skills so she could help manage the house.
Sarah is a capable young lady who wants to become a doctor. She was accepted at Oxford, but it looks like
that will not be possible without the proper funds. Sarah is a resourceful woman who works to find
a way to achieve her objectives. I enjoyed
the authors descriptions of the area, the base, and Goodwill House. I could envision the places from the author’s
word imagery, and I could feel the cold conditions the characters were
experiencing. I thought the author
captured the time period. The War Girls of Goodwill House is a spiffy novel. I
was sorry when I reached the end of the book.
I cannot wait to return to Goodwill House in the next book. The War Girls of Goodwill House is a
captivating tale with a plucky pilot, a deficiency of funds, a polar parlor,
helpful houseguests, biting blizzards, a crashed car, and a prospective
physician.
The War Girls of Goodwill House is available from Amazon*. The next novel in Goodwill House series is New Recruits at Goodwill House which publishes April 7. You can find Fenella J. Miller's other novels here. Many of her novels are available with Kindle Unlimited. Thank you for joining me today. Tomorrow I am featuring The Daughters of Victory Street by Pam Howes. It is the 4th novel in The Bryant Sisters series. I do hope that you have cheerful day. Take care, stay safe, and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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