[A] well-researched and engaging novel with sympathetic lead characters and a vivid supporting cast. You’ll come out with a greater appreciation of the sacrifices made both on the battlefield and on the home front during the First World War—and you’ll also learn a bit about ... Read more »
Canary Girls
History Through Fiction
Best New Historical Fiction - August 2023. From a prolific and masterful historical novelist, CANARY GIRLS by Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the lives of munitionettes during WWI, showing readers just how much was sacrificed by ‘the girls behind the men with guns.' ... Read more »
Kirkus
Chiaverini has written a sprawling, ambitious story: It's part a play-by-play recounting of the Canaries’ soccer games against munitionette teams from across Britain, part a history lesson about the life-altering work undertaken by women determined to be "The Girl Behind the ... Read more »
Booklist
Chiaverini (Switchboard Soldiers, 2022) focuses on Britain’s munitionettes, women employed in ammunition plants during WWI. . . Chiaverini blends elements of A League of Their Own and The Radium Girls to shed light on a group of women whose wartime sacrifices are not widely ... Read more »
Publishers Weekly
[Chiaverini] succeeds at immersing readers in 1914 London, with convincing details of munitions manufacturing, stark class disparities, patriotic duty, and soccer matches...[Readers] will root for these indomitable women. ... Read more »