Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford

This was a fun book--I was unaware of the early days of the BBC, so the history aspect was of interest. If you want a book with VERY strong female characters furthering the cause of women's rights, this is a good choice. The story itself is engaging--watching the protagonist Maisie grow and mature, really come into herself, was lovely. Hilda Matheson—a real life BBC player—was a fantastic character and one I want to find out more about via non-fiction reading. And when you toss in spying, MI5, sex & gender politics, class and economic status, and the rights of women to vote, well you’ve hit just about every check box needed for a 21st century novel. 
For me, that was the problem though—this was too much a 21st century mindset telling a story from a very very different time (nearly 100 years earlier). The voices in this—all of them, were far too informed by this century for it to ring true. If you can get past this, this is a fun engrossing read.

Recommended by Cynthia Lambert
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