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The Runaway Women in London: A heartbreaking story of love and friendship

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4

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10H 55min
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English
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A heart-warming set in 1920s London, featuring four attractive heroines, a scandal, a secret and a silver Rolls Royce. 1920's London. Dismissed without references when their employer's valuable necklace goes missing, friends Ruth, Lydia, Jenny and Grace try to rebuild their lives far from home in London. A surprise financial inheritance and gift of a beautiful silver Rolls Royce leads them to set up in business as female chauffeurs and the Silver Ladies of London is born. But driving is a man's world and the girls face a future fraught with constant challenges. Soon their business; romances and even their friendship come under threat. Can the Silver Ladies overcome their struggles and find love, success and happiness? Featuring four heroines, a scandal, a secret and a silver Rolls Royce.

Winner of awards such as the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Cup, Lesley Eames writes 1920's sagas as well as short stories for the women's magazine market.

© 2021 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004040599

Release date

Audiobook: 18 March 2021

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