Somewhere in France

Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lady Elizabeth wants more than the stuffy boredom of being an Earl's daughter. Not content to languish doing needlepoint until married off, Elizabeth, on the sly, learns to drive...unheard of for most women in that period..moves out of her family's wealthy home and becomes a clippie. When she finds out from her brother that the War Office is creating new women's corps to ferry officers and supplies, "Lilly" signs up to be an ambulance driver near the Western Front in France. There she confronts the War and the days become a nightmarish blur.

Being born in 1960, when women were fighting for equal pay, it still surprises me how women were kept in the dark about so many things..as if their brains could not fathom the truth...perhaps it was only the wealthy for the poor had too much realism in their face everyday...

Excellent reading guides included..

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