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Can I read The Clippie Girls on EtoBox?
The Clippie Girls by Dickinson, Margaret, 1942- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Clippie Girls about?
Rose and Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister, Peggy. She is the sensible, reliable one in the household of women headed by their grandmother and their mother. When war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together and huge changes in their lives are inevitable. For Rose, there is the chance to fulfil her dream of becoming a clippie on Sheffield's trams like Peggy. But for Myrtle, the studious, clever one in the family, war may shatter her ambitions. When the tram on which Peggy is a conductress is caught in a bomb blast, she bravely helps to rescue her passengers. One of them is a young soldier, Terry Price, and he and Peggy begin courting. They meet every time he can get leave, but eventually Terry is posted abroad and she hears nothing from him. Worse still, Peggy must break the devastating news to her family that she is pregnant. The shock waves that ripple through the family will affect each and every one of them and life will never be the same again
Who reads The Clippie Girls?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dickinson, Margaret, 1942-
- Publisher
- Magna Large Print Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750538060
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (210 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14