-
The Spitfire Girls
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $25.19
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
A Paris Dressmaker
- By: Kristy Cambron
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
-
-
Excellent in all ways
- By Amazon Customer on 02-23-21
By: Kristy Cambron
-
The Woman at the Front
- By: Lecia Cornwall
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Eleanor Atherton graduates from medical school near the top of her class in 1917, she dreams of going overseas to help the wounded, but her ambition is thwarted at every turn. Eleanor's parents insist she must give up medicine, marry a respectable man, and assume her proper place. While women might serve as ambulance drivers or nurses at the front, they cannot be physicians - that work is too dangerous and frightening. Nevertheless, Eleanor is determined to make more of a contribution than sitting at home knitting for the troops.
-
-
An enjoyable read.
- By FireHazard on 10-18-21
By: Lecia Cornwall
-
Wives of War
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family - and to herself - that she's stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie's blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet's privileged upbringing. Though Ellie puts on a brave face, she's just as nervous as Scarlet about what awaits them in France.
-
-
Rather predictable
- By Avidlistener on 07-09-17
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
The London House
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian. But pleasantries are cut short. Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover. Determined to find answers and save her family’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family’s ancestral home in London.
-
-
interesting plot line
- By jeanne on 12-01-21
By: Katherine Reay
-
The Royal Nanny
- A Novel
- By: Karen Harper
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
April 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. She is excited, exhausted - and about to meet royalty. So begins the unforgettable story of Charlotte Bill, who would care for a generation of royals as their parents never could. Neither Charlotte - LaLa, as her charges dub her - nor anyone else can predict that eldest sons David and Bertie will each one day be king. LaLa knows only that these children, and the four who swiftly follow, need her steadfast loyalty and unconditional affection.
-
-
Loved it!
- By Jasper Van Wyk on 08-05-20
By: Karen Harper
-
Sisters of the Great War
- By: Suzanne Feldman
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the war effort - Ruth as a nurse, Elise as a driver.
-
-
Sisters, war, and romance
- By lindsey linthicum on 12-09-21
By: Suzanne Feldman
-
A Paris Dressmaker
- By: Kristy Cambron
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
-
-
Excellent in all ways
- By Amazon Customer on 02-23-21
By: Kristy Cambron
-
The Woman at the Front
- By: Lecia Cornwall
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Eleanor Atherton graduates from medical school near the top of her class in 1917, she dreams of going overseas to help the wounded, but her ambition is thwarted at every turn. Eleanor's parents insist she must give up medicine, marry a respectable man, and assume her proper place. While women might serve as ambulance drivers or nurses at the front, they cannot be physicians - that work is too dangerous and frightening. Nevertheless, Eleanor is determined to make more of a contribution than sitting at home knitting for the troops.
-
-
An enjoyable read.
- By FireHazard on 10-18-21
By: Lecia Cornwall
-
Wives of War
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family - and to herself - that she's stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie's blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet's privileged upbringing. Though Ellie puts on a brave face, she's just as nervous as Scarlet about what awaits them in France.
-
-
Rather predictable
- By Avidlistener on 07-09-17
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
The London House
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian. But pleasantries are cut short. Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover. Determined to find answers and save her family’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family’s ancestral home in London.
-
-
interesting plot line
- By jeanne on 12-01-21
By: Katherine Reay
-
The Royal Nanny
- A Novel
- By: Karen Harper
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
April 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. She is excited, exhausted - and about to meet royalty. So begins the unforgettable story of Charlotte Bill, who would care for a generation of royals as their parents never could. Neither Charlotte - LaLa, as her charges dub her - nor anyone else can predict that eldest sons David and Bertie will each one day be king. LaLa knows only that these children, and the four who swiftly follow, need her steadfast loyalty and unconditional affection.
-
-
Loved it!
- By Jasper Van Wyk on 08-05-20
By: Karen Harper
-
Sisters of the Great War
- By: Suzanne Feldman
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the war effort - Ruth as a nurse, Elise as a driver.
-
-
Sisters, war, and romance
- By lindsey linthicum on 12-09-21
By: Suzanne Feldman
-
Hearts of Resistance
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Hazel is given the chance to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, she seizes the opportunity to do more for the British war effort than file paperwork. Alongside her childhood friend, French-born Rose, she quickly rises up the ranks of the freedom fighters. For Rose, the Resistance is a link to her late husband, and a way to move forward without him. What starts out as helping downed airmen becomes a bigger cause when they meet Sophia, a German escapee and fierce critic of Hitler who is wanted by the Gestapo.
-
-
Grabbed my attention and held it
- By tbarta on 04-24-18
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
My Dear Hamilton
- A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
- By: Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 23 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the New York Times best-selling authors of America's First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton - a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. In this haunting, moving, and beautifully written book, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza's story as it's never been told before - not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.
-
-
Long and Detailed view of AmHistory.
- By quest1177 on 01-09-20
By: Stephanie Dray, and others
-
Under a Sky of Memories
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sicily, 1943. Three American women, all nurses in the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron, are determined to do all they can for their country. Vita is fun-loving, Dot shy and sweet-natured, and Evelyn practical and determined, but for all their differences, a life of military service pulls the three together as firm friends. When they’re selected for a daring mission, the women are proud to play their part. But disaster strikes when their plane crash-lands behind enemy lines in occupied Albania. finally find their way home?
-
-
not Fiction-Literature
- By Аmazon Customer on 02-01-22
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
Seven Perfect Things
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis, Ryan Burke, Jess Nahikian
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won’t be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she’ll be back the next day.
-
-
No animals died.
- By Jodie F. on 08-19-21
-
The Girls of Pearl Harbor
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Grace, April, and Poppy join the US Army Nurse Corps, they see it as little more than an adventure, one made all the better by their first station: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Joined at the hip, idealistic Grace, exuberant Poppy, and brave but haunted April frolic in the sun, attending parties, flirting with the handsome soldiers, and becoming fast friends with seasoned nurse Eva. Like the Hawaiian sun, their future seems warm and bright - until the infamous morning of December 7.
-
-
doesn't fit history
- By virginia in Iowa on 01-29-20
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
The Outcast Girls
- A Completely Heartbreaking and Gripping World War 2 Historical Novel
- By: Shirley Dickson
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
England, 1937: After a devastating childhood at Blakely Hall Orphanage, 15-year-old Sandra is released. She finds work as a housemaid, finally able to put her past behind her. But the start of World War Two throws the country into turmoil, and her brother, Alf, is sent away to fight, leaving her completely alone. Germany, 1939: Eleven-year-old Frieda is about to board a ship bound for England with her brother, Kurt. But at the last moment, as Frieda stands on the deck crammed with frightened children, she spots her brother jumping off, back to land.
-
-
Heartbreaking and Poignant
- By Jan M on 03-11-20
By: Shirley Dickson
-
Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name. As Lucienne Carlier, Nancy smuggles people and documents across the border and earns a new nickname from the Gestapo for her remarkable ability to evade capture: The White Mouse.
-
-
Mixed Feelings
- By carpsmarsh on 02-14-21
By: Ariel Lawhon
-
Of Windmills and War
- By: Diane Moody
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around afterschool jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. In a few years, Danny found himself in the copilot seat of a B-17, stationed with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England.
-
-
Wonderful Wonderful Story
- By CR on 05-17-17
By: Diane Moody
-
The Beantown Girls
- By: Jane Healey
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned out. She’ll work in city hall, marry her fiancé when he returns from the war, and settle down in the Boston suburbs. But when her fiancé is reported missing after being shot down in Germany, Fiona’s long-held plans are shattered. Determined to learn her fiancé’s fate, Fiona leaves Boston to volunteer overseas as a Red Cross Clubmobile girl, recruiting her two best friends to come along. There’s the outspoken Viviana, who is more than happy to quit her secretarial job for a taste of adventure.
-
-
Interesting history, just not my cup of tea
- By Amy Hammond Hagberg on 04-03-19
By: Jane Healey
-
The Diamond Eye
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the snowbound city of Kiev, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s invasion of Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper—a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the Eastern Front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.
-
-
awesome
- By Bird Miller on 04-01-22
By: Kate Quinn
-
The Secrets We Left Behind
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient with her. Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans. Beneath the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives to take them in.
-
-
Humor!
- By Sandy Edwards on 05-26-21
By: Soraya M. Lane
-
The Huntress
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
-
-
Spellbinding
- By Jean on 07-28-19
By: Kate Quinn
Publisher's Summary
Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home.
At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don’t end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned.
There is friction from the start between the new recruits. Spirited American Lizzie turns heads with her audacity, but few can deny her flying skills. She couldn’t be more different from shy, petite Ruby, who is far from diminutive in the sky. It falls to pragmatic pilot May to bring the women together and create a formidable team capable of bringing the aircraft home.
As these very different women fight to prove themselves up to the task at hand, they are faced with challenges and tragedies at every turn. They must fight for equal pay and respect while handling aircraft that are dangerously ill-equipped; meanwhile, lives continue to be lost in the tumult of war.
Determined to assist the war effort doing what they love, can May, Lizzie and Ruby put aside their differences to overcome adversity, and will they find love in the skies?
Critic Reviews
“Soraya M. Lane’s terrific historical novel…is about strong, remarkable women that carved out their own unique roles in WWII history. I loved this story and can’t recommend it enough!” (Jane Healey, best-selling author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club)
What listeners say about The Spitfire Girls
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Diane
- 03-22-19
Magnificent! The story & the narration!
If only those boring textbooks could be written into a fictional story... It is really difficult to find books about women with even tolerable narration, so, I feel like I hit the jackpot to have found a great story filled with facts and narrated by a professional. Well done!!
19 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Evelyn Schumacher
- 03-29-19
Engaging, informative
I learned so much that I did not know about women pilots. The author mixed facts and fiction beautifully. Excellent read.
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Holly
- 05-01-19
Beautiful
Loved this book from start to finish. my teenage daughter was listening from the other room, and would randomly ask about the characters, when I listened when she wasn't home.
highly recommend!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jean
- 05-30-19
Engaging
When I brought this book, I thought it was non-fiction. When I started reading, I discovered it was a historical fiction book. Over the years, I had read a number of non-fiction books about the role of women pilots in the United States during World War II. I was looking forward to learning about the role of women pilots in the UK.
The book is well written, but the research was minimal. I did learn that the British women pilots had as much difficulty as those in the USA. The story of the British Air Transport Auxiliary was most interesting. The story follows three women: two British and one American pilot and their role in the British ATA. The story was interesting and kept my attention.
The book is nine hours and twenty-one minutes. Sarah Zimmerman does a good job narrating the book. Zimmerman is an actress and an Audie Award-nominated narrator.
13 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Eduardo M.
- 04-17-19
Truly inspiring
Soaring inspiring wonderful. A truly entertaining book with incredibly powerful moments of joy, friendship, loyalty. I enjoyed reading this book that gave me the women's point of view of war.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anne
- 11-04-19
Great read (or listen)
Very nicely narrated fictionalization of the women who flew WWII aircraft to the pilots on the front lines. Great character development. I'm going to listen to another book by this author, if I can decide which one first!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- P. Christie
- 04-27-21
Broke my heart in places
I really enjoy stories about WWII, especially those that have truth to them as this one does.
It is the story of female pilots who came forward in the US and America to free male flyers from non-combat situations.
The part that made me cry isn't a spoiler, because it is written in history. Once these women, who put their lives on the line so their counterparts could fight, were sent home when the war was over. Basically patted on the head and told to go home and mind the house.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Cindy Nipper
- 04-13-19
Incredible
This is an incredible story that we should all be proud of! It is a sweet romance between women and their country, flying for their families, and finding friendship and love in the oddest of relationships. WWII brings incredible heartbreak, just as it breaks the mold! It allowed both men and women the opportunity to spread their wings and soar to new heights! I’m so grateful for these people who led the way for women to join the ranks with the men, and win the war, not just the Second World War, but all the future wars both big and small! As a woman, wife, and mother who also retired from 20 years in the US Navy, I can’t thank them enough, for setting the ground work and putting the wheels in motion! My country and I are so very grateful for each woman who went before me and who continue the fight for our future!
This narrator was superb and the story fascinating! Thank you both for this wonderful story!
12 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Susan
- 11-21-19
Women doing what they do best
took me to an era my parents told stories about. showcased women breaking down the gender barrier and being patriots. enjoyable book.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jill B
- 05-23-19
Wonderful!
Vivid descriptions with engaging, likeable characters. makes me want to get back in the air myself... or wish I was born 40 years earlier so I could have joined these amazing women.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Ian Smith
- 01-23-20
Entertaining enough
An entertaining enough story, loosely woven around historical events, even if some of the story-telling is rather "by the numbers".
I was surprised to realise the author hadn't done some really basic research, like getting to grips with the ATA and RAF ranks, nor bothered to check the colour of footwear a USAAF officer wore with his full uniform (brown shoes not black boots). And we wear dinner jackets in the UK, not tuxedos.
I immediately suspected the narrator was from the US, as her "British" accents were, um, well, rather idiosyncratic.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- CE
- 10-31-19
Brilliant and thought provoking
I know this is fiction but very much based on fact and I feel so proud of these women. Thank you ladies 🙏🏻
-
Overall

- Anonymous User
- 07-30-19
tame no excitement
struggled to finish it rather tame not a brilliant narator prefer not to keep it in my library
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- C. L. Butler
- 03-16-19
American or British narrator?!
Okay, so it took me a while to work out why the British accent sounded a bit odd to my British ear, especially when some of the words were pronounced incorrectly. Discovered that the narrator is American and reading in a peculiar British accent! Even some of the conversational intonation is off. The Austria accent is terrible!
The author also uses words such as Fall rather than Autumn which, if spoken by a British character, is wrong.
I'm enjoying the book, but these issues are just annoying, especially when it's easy enough to get someone to read in their own accent, not a fake one!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Shirley
- 03-17-20
Worth a listen
Overall interesting enough. Lacking some subtlety, in that, the line between story telling and informative is blurred. The contrast between the work these women do and the way they swoon over their men is disappointing.
2 people found this helpful