Surplus Girls Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Surplus Girls | 2020 | Buy |
| The Surplus Girls’ Orphans | 2021 | Buy |
| Christmas with the Surplus Girls | 2022 | Buy |
| New Beginnings for the Surplus Girls | 2023 | Buy |
Polly Heron is the author of the Surplus Girls series, a four-book historical fiction saga set in 1920s England. The series takes its name from the real social phenomenon following World War I, when the enormous loss of young men left a generation of women with dramatically reduced marriage prospects. These women were sometimes called “surplus women” by the press.
The series began with The Surplus Girls in 2020 and continued through New Beginnings for the Surplus Girls in 2023. Heron uses the post-war setting to tell stories about women finding purpose and independence at a time when society expected them to be wives and mothers above all else.