{"id":7057,"date":"2025-08-11T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7057"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:15:01","slug":"rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","title":{"rendered":"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Year first published: 2017<\/p>\n<p>First Edition: No<\/p>\n<p>Condition: Good<\/p>\n<p>Binding: Paperback<\/p>\n<p>Pages: 405<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violetta &#8216;Vee&#8217; Smith has a secret. Her real name is Schmidt, and she is half-German. In 1940, with the Blitz at his height, Vee and her mother May risk being interned as enemy aliens. When Vee can&#8217;t pay the man who gives her false papers, she runs away to Gosport, where ferries plough back and forth to Portsmouth. Handsome ferry skipper Jack offers Vee a job on the boats and a room in his house with the other ferry girls. There&#8217;s just one problem: Sam&#8217;s wife, Madelaine. The girls become good friends to Vee &#8211; despite the war they&#8217;re determined to carry on enjoying life. But can she truly be happy under the roof of a man she loves but can&#8217;t have? And will her new friends desert her if her nationality comes to light?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7057","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fiction-a","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-variable"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Violetta &#039;Vee&#039; Smith has a secret. Her real name is Schmidt, and she is half-German. In 1940, with the Blitz at his height, Vee and her mother May risk being interned as enemy aliens. When Vee can&#039;t pay the man who gives her false papers, she runs away to Gosport, where ferries plough back and forth to Portsmouth. Handsome ferry skipper Jack offers Vee a job on the boats and a room in his house with the other ferry girls. There&#039;s just one problem: Sam&#039;s wife, Madelaine. The girls become good friends to Vee - despite the war they&#039;re determined to carry on enjoying life. But can she truly be happy under the roof of a man she loves but can&#039;t have? And will her new friends desert her if her nationality comes to light?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T11:15:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls\",\"name\":\"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T11:09:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T11:15:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Products\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?post_type=product\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/\",\"name\":\"Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books\",\"description\":\"We never put a good book down\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books","og_description":"Violetta 'Vee' Smith has a secret. Her real name is Schmidt, and she is half-German. In 1940, with the Blitz at his height, Vee and her mother May risk being interned as enemy aliens. When Vee can't pay the man who gives her false papers, she runs away to Gosport, where ferries plough back and forth to Portsmouth. Handsome ferry skipper Jack offers Vee a job on the boats and a room in his house with the other ferry girls. There's just one problem: Sam's wife, Madelaine. The girls become good friends to Vee - despite the war they're determined to carry on enjoying life. But can she truly be happy under the roof of a man she loves but can't have? And will her new friends desert her if her nationality comes to light?","og_url":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","og_site_name":"Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books","article_modified_time":"2025-08-11T11:15:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","url":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls","name":"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls - Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-11T11:09:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T11:15:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/b4835d56-8d96-4e3e-b849-c199cb91ac07-1.jpg","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?product=rosie-archer-the-ferry-girls#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Products","item":"http:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?post_type=product"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rosie Archer, The Ferry Girls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/","name":"Jayne&#039;s Secondhand Books","description":"We never put a good book down","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/7057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=7057"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaynesbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=7057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}