Thanks to ZooLoo’s Book Tours for my gifted ebook to join the tour with my honest review.
This is the debut novel of author Ninette Hartley.
Loose Ends is a historical fiction novel that’s set in Yorkshire through the second world war years. This is a genre and a period I love to read about, so I had no qualms about reading this book.
We meet Ness and Eileen. Two friends who work in the same factory. Eileen decides to stitch Ness’s name and address inside 2 shirts commissioned for Naval officers. This act alone alters Ness’s life, and we follow her journey for good and bad through to 1953.
Ninette Hartley’s debut and one which has been written from the heart. The research is impeccable, and the characters are so easily invested in. From the first page, I was intrigued with Ness and Eileen and what was going to happen as the plot unfolded. Ness is a girl who has trials and tribulations ahead, and she faces them dead on. I felt her strength and determination pour from the pages as I witnessed her mature through the years.
The story is one that kept me turning the pages until I almost fell asleep reading. Nothing goes to plan in life, and Ninette Hartley definitely twists the knife. It is emotional and definitely not a predictable story. It’s a well written novel that left me thinking, that’s for sure.
Book Links
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209072551-loose-ends
Purchase Link https://mybook.to/looseends-zbt
Ninette’s Bio
Ninette Hartley is a writer, mother, grandmother, wife and teacher. She has followed many paths – from acting and dancing to magazine publishing, and even driving a pony and trap – but she has always come back to storytelling.
Ninette has an MA in creative writing and has been published in three short story collections. Her first memoir Dear Tosh, published in May 2021 was shortlisted in the Selfies Book Awards and long-listed in the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2022. From 2008 -2016 she lived in Italy on an olive farm, returning to the UK to live in Dorset for eight years. Never one to stay in one place for long, she has recently moved to France where she plans to continue writing more works of fiction and poetry.
Loose Ends is her debut novel. You can read more about her on her website: www.ninettehartley.com and you can also follow her on social media.
Ninette’s Social Media
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Website http://www.ninettehartley.com/
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