I've read all but the first in the Tobacco Girls series. When this one was offered on NetGalley, I had to request it! I've fallen in love with the Three Ms and feel like they're my good friends. They've all grown so much and been through some crazy events. It's great to see them reach the end of the war and still come back to support one another once again.
Maisie Miles is living in her inherited home of her grandmother. She is still working at the the tobacco factory and awaits a message from her dear friend Sid, who's been a prisoner of war by the Japanese. It's been a while since his last letter so she worries about his well being. She lives with Carole and her little girl Paula. Paula is the result of a rape and Maisie took Carole and the child in without question.
Bridget Milligan married an American and has a little boy, Lyndon Junior. She's married into wealth and struggles when she realizes how well she's dressed while her friends are struggling. She also finds it difficult to just sit back and do nothing when she learns of a group willingly sending young children to alone on a boat to orphanages in Australia thousands of miles away. She misses her own boat to America to spend more time with her family and good friends before starting her new life in another country.
And Phyllis Fairbrother, formerly Mason, is married to an Air Force pilot who was badly injured on their wedding day in Malta. Mick wasgiven the A-Ok to return to flying but he's suffered headaches ever since. The new doctor is saying he'll never fly again and fed it's not safe to return home to Australia. He becomes moody and grouchy until he meets a new neighbor who suffered during the Great War and offers solid advice to appreciate what he has instead of wasting his last days fighting against the diagnosis.
The Three Ms all come together a few more times before they move onto their separate ways. They are there for one another as they have been during the war. Unfortunately I don't have an M in my name, so I cannot become a fourth M and going their tight group of friendship. I give this book 5 out of 5 tiaras.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for access for this amazing book and the series! It's always sad to end a great series. But always a good reason to pick up another! Thank you so much for the adventures!
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