I bring my post for The Good News Gazette by Jessie Wells on behalf of Rachel’s Random Resources blog tour. Thanks to Rachel Gilbey for the copy of the book to take part.
Because we all need something to smile about!
She may be down but don’t count this determined single mum out just yet…
Nine years ago, Zoe Taylor returned from London to the quiet hamlet of Westholme with her tail between her legs and a bun in the oven. Where once her job as a journalist saw her tearing off to Paris at a moment’s notice after a lead, now the single mum covers the local news desk. At least, she did…until she’s unceremoniously let go.
When Zoe invites her friends over to commiserate, wine and whining soon turns into something more… and before the night is out she’s plotted her next step: The Good News Gazette.
Now, as a developer threatens to force Westholme into the twenty-first century, Zoe’s good news movement finds her leading a covert campaign as a community crusader. She may have started The Good News Gazette as a way to save herself, but she might just be able to save Westholme in the process…
Jessie Wells is an author that’s new to me. All I knew was the cover looked great and when I read the synopsis it made me want to find out more about Zoe and The Good News Gazette.
Zoe, an ex-Journalist, who had no intentions of being an EX, but was dumped from her local news desk journalist career. She is a single mum who once had a journalist career that was a lot less local than she is now. Now, she is decidedly bored so comes up with the idea of The Good News Gazette. Instead of depressing news, she plans to share the good news of Westholme.
She gets wind of a shopping centre is being knocked down to build a large, new supermarket. One that will replace the local shopkeepers and tear the heart out of the community. Zoe has a cause to fight for! And she does fight. She sets up a campaign along with the residents of Westholme. Will they save their community, or will the developer manage to do as they wish?
Such a feel-good book that made an afternoon go by so quickly. Zoe was a woman I related too immediately. A single mum doing her utmost to get through life. Not all things go right and she falls short sometimes. I could understand how she felt. I think we have all felt like this and I took her to my heart. All she wants is to bring good news to the residents of the area, for a change.
She gets to know her community and the fabulous characters within it. The more people she meets the more she realises just how many people are attempting to better the community they live in. This gives her the boost she needs to campaign with the residents.
Jessie Wells has created some great characters. They are all colourful, vivid and unique. It reminded me of the communities we all live in or, have lived in. I liked the message of togetherness that came through the story. It’s such a heartwarming and uplifting book that it is a delight to read. I was certainly smiling and feeling like I was amongst friends while reading it. That’s the sign of a good book too me.
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Author Bio
Jessie Wells lives with her husband and two children in Merseyside. She has always written in some form, and previously worked as a journalist on the Liverpool Echo and Sunday Mirror and as a freelancer for various national women’s magazines and newspapers before moving into finance. She loves nothing more than getting lost in her imaginary worlds, which are largely filled with romance, communities bursting with character and a large dose of positivity.
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