‘Stormy Days On Mulberry Lane’ by Rosie Clarke is the seventh book in the ‘Mulberry Lane’ series. A series that I have really looked forward to with every book I have read.

This one takes us to London in 1950 and we see Peggy settling back into her guesthouse life, with everyone around her who she loves and cares for. As always things are going perfectly. Then the day comes that Pip, Peggy’s son is in a horrific car crash and is left in a coma. Then Peggy takes a young girl in who has collapsed in the market. Peggy thinks nothing of nursing her back to full health, the only problem is Peggy is too trusting and is this the one time she wishes she had walked away? Only time will tell.

Rosie Clarke manages to make me feel like I am back with old friends every time I open a Mulberry Lane book. Her characters are so vivid and lifelike you can’t help yourself becoming one with the story. A well-written saga of family, friends and community that draws you in from the start. This is historical fiction at it’s best, a story about what feels like real people. Their lives aren’t perfect and we are faced with the bad and the good, just like ourselves and this creates a perfect setting for a book that resonates at a deep level with me anyway.

A book that can be read as a standalone, but, for the full impact of the characters it is a good idea to start from the first book, then you learn what every character have been through over the years and let me tell you, the empathy just pours out of me! An excellently created historical fiction saga that takes you straight back to the days when community really was a massive part of peoples lives and no one went truly without.

A nod to days gone by that are truly missed and without books such as Rosie’s we would not be able to at least read about them.

Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the copy of the book and finally thank you to Rosie for writing these books that warm my heart!