Download or read book The Boat Girls written by Margaret Mayhew and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1943, and three very different girls are longing to do their bit for the war effort. The three become friends when they join the band of women working the canal boats, delivering goods and doing a man's job while the men are away fighting. A tough, unglamorous task - but one which brings them all unexpected rewards.