Swing by Sailor

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True stories from the war brides of HMS Victorious

In the of winter 1946, the British aircraft carrier HMS Victorious was modified to ensure the safe passage of over 600 Australian war brides from Sydney to Plymouth. The reverberations of WWII were still being felt around the world but for these women the trip of a lifetime lay ahead and the chance to finally begin their married lives with their British husbands on the other side of the world.

Catherine Dyson has brought together the stories of seventeen of these women, now in their eighties and delightful, funny and sad tales emerge - the tumult of the era, the fear of leaving home, the highlights of the sea voyage, the conditions onboard and the emotional experience of stepping into a future unknown.

SWING BY, SAILOR captures their stories with immediacy, momentum, and great feeling.