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With speculation of a second front, one woman is transferred to a woodwork shop to make gliders. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Virginia Nicholson's evocative account of the Second World War is told through a multitude of individual women's experiences.

As their stories unfold we discover how they loved, suffered, laughed, grieved and dared.

Rumours and speculation about a second front gather pace.

Meanwhile Doris Scorer is transferred from the aircraft factory to the woodwork shop, where she starts making gliders.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard.

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in May 2011.

15 minutes

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  • Thu 5 May 2011 09:45
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