After a year end I rather not talk about. I am here today with a review for Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books. Thanks to both for the gifted ebook to write this review.
There’s talk of war and dark clouds fester on the horizon…
Bristol 1938
A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson’s house. When challenged he makes a hasty retreat.
Meanwhile Thelma is having trouble with her precocious daughter Mary who is about to leave school and start work. Mary considers herself an adult but to Thelma she’s still a little girl; an attitude resented by her daughter.
Unknown to her mother, Mary is secretly befriended by a stranger, an older man who treats her as the grown up she thinks she is. But what does this man want with this naïve young girl?
Problems shared are problems halved. Jenny and Thelma certainly share theirs as the shadow of war rolls over from Europe and nothing seems certain.
Every book Lizzie Lane writes never fails to immerse me in times gone by. This is the third book of the Coronation Close series, and it’s great to be returning to the characters. Lizzie Lane writes so well that it feels like you are returning to friends.
Historical sagas such as this one always make me think of my grandparents and their life during and after the war. These characters all feel real, and that makes Coronation Close so easy to pick up and read. The guts everyone had back then are crystal clear within these books. Between family and work, these women do their best to bring their friends and family through whatever hardships life throws at them.
Yet another page turner from an author whose research creates an authentic and gritty tale that’s important because we need to keep this history alive. We need to remember how hard it was and how gruelling things were back then.
Lizzie Lane is definitely one of my go-to authors for historical sagas, and she keeps bringing top-notch sagas time after time. A highly recommended series from me!
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Author Bio
Lizzie Lane is the author of over 50 books, a number of which have been bestsellers. She was born and bred in Bristol where many of her family worked in the cigarette and cigar factories. This has inspired her saga series for Boldwood The Tobacco Girls.
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