Review:
Sarah-Jane Stratford s "Radio Girls" is an achievement of historical fiction so believable that you ll wonder if the author has access to a time machine. Maisie s trajectory from mousey, fearful underling into assertive, independent powerhouse mirrors that of the nascent BBC for which she works. The promise of post-war prosperity and the looming threat of fascism make for an engrossing background against which Maisie finds herself involved in international intrigue and national rights movements which will make the reader turn the pages frantically, utterly enthralled until the very end. By turns funny and fascinating, "Radio Girls" is a triumph. Allison Amend, Author of" Enchanted Islands"
"Radio Girls" carries readers on a memorable, eye-opening journey to London in the 1920s and 30s, a pivotal time in the history of women s rights, politics, and the arts. Sarah-Jane Stratford s storytelling skills are on vivid display throughout, and the strong, believable, and immensely human Maisie Musgrave is the best imaginable guide to that vanished time and place. Joseph Wallace, Author of "Slavemakers
" A bright, appealing novel about the early days of the BBC and the women behind its brilliant programming.... [The] depiction of female friendship and support is one of the great strengths of Stratford s novel, which so capably describes its characters thirst for knowledge, for information of all kinds. An intoxicating look inside a world of innovative new media. ""Kirkus Reviews"
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About the Author:
Sarah-Jane Stratford is an author and essayist who has written for the "Guardian," "Boston Globe," "Los Angeles Review of Books," Slate, Salon, and Guernica, among others. She is also a member of WAM! (Women, Action, and the Media).
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