All The Nice Girls

A poignant and pleasurable novel .SUNDAY TIMES Penny Perrick Bakewell delivers a warm, good humoured story of wartime relationships and a thrilling account of life and death on the convoys GUARDIAN Rachel Hore Marvellously exciting, heartbreaking, gruelling and an unexpectedly muscular and masculine treat in the middle of what is essentially a wistful romance . . . the outcome is poignant, romantic, deeply satisfying DAILY EXPRESS Jennifer Selway A beautifully evocative novel, full of romance, tragedy and the pull of family bonds .SUNDAY EXPRESS Jane Clinton 4 stars A strong, romantic plot and believable well-realised characters . . . Bakewell for the Booker READERS DIGEST A N Wilson Bakewell conjures up a cracking wartime atmosphere DAILY MAIL Helen Brown It is formidably researched and evokes real atmosphere SAGA magazine Emma Soames A well-crafted romantic yarn . . . an absorbing human tale MAIL ON SUNDAY Max Davidson A fascinating first novel WATERSTONE S BOOKS QUARTERLY Lindsey Russell Poignant and moving . . . Full of telling detail, love and longing, and all the pleasures of a black and white movie on a Sunday afternoon NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE Linda Leatherbarrow Well written and imbued with an air of authenticity LONDON PAPER Lottie Moggach