The Tobacco Girls

Bristol 1939. School leaver Maisie Miles suspects her father, a small-time crook, has an ulterior motive for insisting she gets a job at the W. D. H. O. Wills tobacco factory but keeps it to herself.She’s befriended by effervescent Phyllis Mason and kind-hearted Bridget Milligan who take pity on her and take Maisie under their wing.But beneath their happy go lucky exteriors they all harbour dreams and worries about what the future holds.Engaged to be married Phyllis dreams of romance and passion but when it comes there are dire consequences.

Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls

BRISTOL 1940.The Tobacco Girls cling together as they realise that the clouds of war are turning dark, the world is becoming more dangerous and their lives more unpredictable.Bridget Milligans big, happy family fragments when her siblings are evacuated to North Devon, then a letter from America further fills her with dismay.Maisie Miles safe haven from both Eddie Bridgeman and her father is jeopardised and she is forced to move on, but where too this time? Phyllis Mason is struck down by tragedy and her life spirals downwards into despair until a new horizons beckons, but also perhaps great danger…