'Polls have recently confirmed what has long been suspected; most men do not want brainy women. Stewardesses have turned out to be that occupation blessed most often with marriage. The key elements appear to be uniforms and travel.'
It is 1947 and in the aftermath of World War II halcyon days have not returned to Magrit, Minnesota, where the veterans have failed to come home. The men haven't died; they've just moved onto greener pastures, rejecting the local women, who served the war effort in the Scientific Kitchen of Margaret Mill. The mill was founded by Henry Collins, the man responsible for Sweetwheats, the world's first puffed and sugar-coated cereal. As part of a publicity campaign, Henry creates the Sweetwheats Sweethearts all-girl baseball team, convincing the mill girls that this will help them find husbands.
- ISBN10 0141027088
- ISBN13 9780141027081
- Publish Date 27 July 2006 (first published 1 September 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 September 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 368
- Language English