Author

Publication

2017 - Simon & Schuster Ltd., London, England

Language

English

Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823.92

Description

World-renowned artist Dame Laura Knight is in her sixties when the War Office commissions her to paint portraits of 'bomb girls', women who worked in munitions factories in WWII. She's sent back to her hometown of Nottingham and at first she relishes the opportunity for a nostalgia trip, but when she starts work on a portrait of two particular women (Violet Smith, and her co-worker Zelah Pascoe), memories begin to resurface that she has spent half a lifetime trying to forget ...

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Night raidSimon & Schuster Ltd.2017-01-01

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