Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for the gifted ebook in exchange for my honest review.
Evy Miller thinks a summer with her grandparents in sleepy Dorset will be painfully dull. Her suspicions are confirmed when Juby, a wild-haired, lanky old man, strolls through her grandparents’ doorway. At first, she thinks he’s nothing more than an odd duck who charms her grandmother and annoys her grandfather. The last thing she expects is to become his companion on visits to the small village of Rouklye, whose entire population was evicted during WWII.
She has no idea that the reason for Juby’s visits will become a defining moment in her life and change her understanding of history and her own family forever.
A novel that tells a tale of family, history, and how it can shape everyone’s path in life. It is a book that I didn’t know what to expect when I began reading, but I am so glad I did.
The fact that the second world war is part and parcel of this story had me hanging on to every word. The town is fictionalised but based on a real town from the war.
Along with historical events, there is a touching and poignant tale of relationships over the generations. It touched my heart. It may be because of my age now, but I see and appreciate these things. The way the author has written this is almost like it could be woven together with silk thread. It’s almost a magical read. It’s such a special novel. I almost had no words to describe it.
If you, like me, appreciate special stories , please try this.
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Author Bio
MICHAEL LAWRENCE has written and published a great many books, but he’s done a few other too. For instance, after leaving art school he began training as a graphic designer in a London studio before morphing into a photographer. As a photographer he took pictures for advertising agencies, publishers and newspapers, of pop stars and politicians, of fashion models and underwear, and many other kinds of people and things besides. He also worked in a travelling circus for a little while, and has been an antiques dealer, co-owned two art galleries, and made hundreds of paintings, drawings and experimental digital images. One of his private joys is recording songs (many of which he’s written) under the alias Aldous U.
As a writer he’s won the odd award, had books translated into twenty or so languages (one of which – ‘Young Dracula’ – was the inspiration for five BBC-TV series), has shuffled onto stages at literary festivals, and been interviewed on TV and radio. ‘There’s more,’ he says, ‘but I don’t want to bore you. There’s a lot of me in the Rainey novels, but I’m not saying which bits.’
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