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Courage For The Clarks Factory Girls
1915: As war continues to rage across the Channel, the families of the Somerset village of Street can no longer avoid its long shadow.
Workers in the Clarks shoe factory, at the heart of the village, have left for the army in droves, and news from the Front seems to grow darker by the day.
When life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate receive the news they had been fearing, all hope seems lost. And Louisa’s world will be rocked further when she makes another discovery, one that will see her cast out by her family, changing her life forever.
Kate and Jeannie are determined to be strong for their friend, but each of them has their own problems to bear, and when Jeannie’s beloved brother Lucas enlists, she fears history is about to repeat itself.
Can the Clarks factory girls help each other through the darkest days and keep hope alive?
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Author Bio –
May Ellis has been a legal executive, registered childminder, professional fund – raiser and a teacher. She has travelled the world, including trekking in mountains, deserts and the Great Wall of China, as well as helping build a house in Thailand. She went to university in her forties and gained a first class degree and an MA while still working full – time. Her first book, a contemporary romance, was published in 2014. Since then she has had five more novels published, including another romance and a YA time travel adventure. The last three are gritty dramas set in the 1960s/70s published by Darkstroke Books. She lives in Somerset, within sight of Glastonbury Tor, volunteering at her local library and for the Alfred Gillett Trust (custodians of the Clark’s archives). Her current series, based on the factory workers at Clark’s Shoes was inspired by her move to the area and her love of social history
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| My thoughts |
This is the second in a series, an enjoyable, engrossing read except I have not read the first one so I did find this a little difficult to initially get into. I suggest read the series in sequence, I think it would be worth it as the characters were quite intriguing - and likeable.
For some reason (I think the clothing on the cover graphic, which to me looked 1940s?) I was expecting this to be set during WWII not WWI, which, actually, was quite a pleasing discovery.
Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are a nice bunch of young ladies, good friends who are devoted to helping each other through the good and bad times - and this being war there are plenty of bad times for them to cope with. The story is one of friendship and courage through times of hardship, and should very much appeal to readers of this genre of novel.
Readers of the period, or similar set during WWII, or who are familiar with the first book in the series, are bound to want to grab this installment as soon as possible.
A good read for those who like family war-torn sagas. Recommended.
**** 4 stars
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