A heartwarming and uplifting new novel from the RNA award-winning author of Bobby's War.
It's 1942, and as the Second World War rages on, Maggie Carpenter's quiet life as a Manchester schoolteacher is upended when she decides to do her part for the war effort. Joining the army of women working the canals to deliver vital supplies across Britain, Maggie soon discovers that life aboard a narrowboat is far from easy. Sharing a cramped cabin with two strangers, enduring back-breaking labor, and coping with the most basic of comforts, she faces challenges she could never have imagined.
As the women learn to depend on one another, friendships blossom--but so do secrets. Maggie has her own reasons for leaving Manchester behind, while well-to-do Elizabeth is escaping troubles of her own. When a kind but mysterious Army padre comes to their aid, Maggie finds herself unexpectedly drawn to him. Yet as a woman marked by her past, can she truly open her heart and learn to trust again?
Set against the evocative backdrop of wartime Britain, Maggie's War is a moving story of courage, camaraderie, and the healing power of love.
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