The Tobacco Girls
306 Pages
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Release Date: January 6, 2021
Maisie Miles was 15 when she went to work at the tobacco factory stripping tobacco for cigarette production. She lived with her mother, father and brother is a run-down shack of a house. She wanted to work at a big country house instead, but her father put a stop to that happening.
Bridget Milligan came from a large loving family. After seeing her mother have a miscarriage and her father burning the remains, she told herself she would never fall in love because she never wanted to go through that experience.
Phyllis Mason was engaged to Robert but since the engagement, he was making demands of her. He did not like her wearing makeup, wearing her hair down, or wearing certain clothes. She wanted to go to typing school so that she could work in the office instead of on the floor of the tobacco factory, but Robert had other plans. She is questioning whether she wants to marry him but with war on the horizon, nothing is for certain.
These are the interwoven stories of Maisie, Bridget, and Phyllis and their relationship while working at the tobacco factory. It is written in third person point of view and the characters are well developed. The story is fast paced but ended quickly. The second book, Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls will be released in June 2021. If you enjoy books with strong women characters, you will definitely like this one.
