The Factory Girls: Romance, Heartbreak, and Sisterhood Shine in This Uplifting Wartime Tale

Daisy Styles

May 2026 · Penguin · Narrated by Helen Lloyd

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Discover a heart-warming and uplifting tale of resilience and friendship among the working women during World War II, from the author of The Bomb Girls
January 1942. With female conscription filling the production line, the Bell Works factory is building more Spitfires than ever.
When singers Val and Kay arrive, sisters who bring glamour as well as talent, they are soon entertaining their colleagues after long shifts on the factory floor. But when their callings take them in different directions, will this separation be for good?
Meanwhile, Audrey is delighted to have caught the eye of a new male supervisor, but is he all that he seems?
And can Lily must find solace behind the factory walls when her pilot sweetheart is sent off to action?
With heartbreak, romance and painful goodbyes aplenty, it’s never a dull day at the Bell Works factory. But one thing is for sure – these woman must pull together to keep their spirits up!

'Funny, loyal and witty... An absolute joy to read’ Kate Thompson, bestselling author of, Secrets of the Home Front Girls

© Daisy Styles 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover a heart-warming and uplifting tale of resilience and friendship among the working women during World War II, from the author of The Bomb Girls January 1942. With female conscription filling the production line, the Bell Works factory is building more Spitfires...

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Daisy Styles grew up in Lancashire, surrounded by a family and community of strong women whose tales she loved to listen to. It was from these women, particularly her vibrant mother and Irish grandmother, that Daisy learned the art of storytelling. There was also the landscape of her childhood - wide, sweeping, empty moors and hills that ran as far as the eye could see - which was a perfect backdrop for a saga, a space big enough and wild enough to stage a drama, one about women's lives during the Second World War.

Daisy Styles grew up in Lancashire, surrounded by a family and community of strong women whose tales she loved to listen to. It was from these women, particularly her vibrant mother and Irish grandmother, that Daisy learned the art of storytelling. There was also the landscape of her childhood - ...

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