Florrie is a soulful and timeless tale of women, love, and women in love. This story offers a glimpse into our older relatives' youth, revealing that they were more like us than we might think. It teaches us that as we grow up, we are less alone than we may ever know.

It was nice to read about women’s football in 1920s.
Florrie’s interesting life story is discovered by her great-great niece in this empowering graphic novel.
A cool graphic novel with good messages and an engaging storyline.

As a genre I am really enjoying the non fiction graphic works coming out at the moment, I find them a clear cut way to explain events and feelings without dumbing down or getting bogged down in loads of research.

Being interested in WW1 history, women's history, and women's sport, this book appealed to me on so many levels even before there was the great Norfolk setting.

I loved this book so much and have already been recommending it to my football fan friends as well as any one who loves Norfolk.

I really liked the format of this book as it makes it more reader friendly for a range of audiences. It tells the story of Florrie as she becomes a footballer in secret at a time when people were turning against the idea of women playing football. There is some suggestion of why, e.g. jealousy of the big crowds the female game were getting. Florrie manages to go to France, giving her father a different reason, and while she is there she meets and begins to fall in love with a French lady. I liked that the main messages of the book were integrated throughout rather than flagged up in a very dramatic way. The story just quietly progresses after Florrie's nephew finds artefacts in the loft and realises how little he knew of her story.

Thank you to Random House UK, Vintage, Jonathan Cape, the author and NetGalley for a DRC in return for an honest review

What a wonderful joyous story. I love everything about this book. The heartfelt storyline was a joy to read! In fact I didn't want it to end. It left me wondering about the rest of Florrie's life and about what other adventures she may have had.

Anna Trench's literary debut is accompanied throughout by whimsical drawings of Florrie and the footballing adventures she had between 1921 and 1924. Trench intertwines her story around real life events such as the Football Association's 1921 ban on women’s football and how the female footballers of the time had to use their ingenuity in order to carry on playing the game they all loved. A very sweet love story also blossoms between Florrie and a French girl named Vivienne.

A book that will be loved by young and old alike. This would be an especially lovely gift for any young girls wanting to follow in the footsteps of their footballing heroes.

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So the reason I wanted to read this is as you all know I love queer graphic novels and genuinely thought this sounded like such an interesting read. Friends, I'm so glad I was granted to read this book. This book INSTANTLY had me in tears. The story was so beautifully written and illustrated and I genuinely read this in less than an hours sitting. This had everything I wanted from a queer graphic novel, such as strong female relationships and powerful women. To see the history of women's football in England was so interesting to read about as I had no idea before this. I genuinely loved the correlation between what was happening to Florrie in real life in regards to her queerness and relationships as well as what was happening to her with her passion of football. This book was honestly very bittersweet and I would 100% recommend reading this with a pack of tissues. I will definitely be getting a copy of this when it's out, and would absolutely recommend this to anyone and everyone who just wants a good, bittersweet queer graphic novel.