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Spitfire Girl
Spitfire Girl
Author: Lily Baxter
It is 1940 and Britain is at war with Germany. In London, eighteen-year-old Susan Banks longs to do her duty. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly - to serve her country and realise her dream. But she knows it is out of the question for a girl like her; a foundling, unwanted and unloved and dependent on strangers for her welfare. — Just as she ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780099580393
ISBN-10: 009958039X
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 480
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Arrow
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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tarache avatar reviewed Spitfire Girl on
I'm a "women in aviation" buff so when I saw this title and cover, I had to get my hands on this book.

I'm gonna state it plain. 1. The heroine is WONDERFUL and KIND and NICE and all the other women around her, every single blasted one till about page 180, is a beeyotch. I mean, MEGA beeyotch. Until Roz is introduced around page 180, every woman is awful..except the heroine, of course.

Until around page 300, the heroine doesn't even step foot in an airplane. That's how much of this book is about a woman in aviation. Until that point, the heroine is a maid/cook/servant for one person after another.

Another irritation: She falls in love immediately. IMMEDIATELY. She meets Tony on the street, thinks she is love with him and it was only one meeting. She meets Colin and after one day, thinks she is in love with him. OMG.

I didn't finish. I feel cheated.


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