And so we have the final instalment of the Waterway Girls Trilogy. I have to say that I have looked forward to reading it with bitter sweet anticipation – wanting to know what happens to Polly, Verity and Sylvia but not wanting to lose them from my life. They have become old friends. It is […]
Books
Love on the Waterways by Milly Adams
The second in the series featuring the Waterway Girls by Milly Adams March 1944, West London It’s been five months since Verity Clement fled home for a life on Britain’s canals and she could never have imagined how tough it would get. Yet hauling cargo between London and Birmingham is far easier to face […]
The Waterway Girls by Milly Adams – Blog Tour
War Lands them in the same boat. Can they all pull together? I’m thrilled to welcome Milly Adams to my blog today to chat about her latest novel, The Waterway Girls. October 1943, West London Nineteen-year-old Polly Holmes is leaving poor bI’m thrilled to welcome Milly Adams to my blog today to chat about her […]
Moving House – Moving Memories
I’ve just finished reading Venetia Road by Patricia Putt Nicoll. Pat lives in Colehill, Dorset and contributed some of her stories and articles to the local Community Library project Life on the Hill, which was published last year. Pat writes of her first impressions of the house her parents bought during the war, no. 9 […]
At Long Last Love – An Interview with Milly Adams
At Long Last Love It’s July 1942, and twenty-three year old nightclub singer Kate Watson has made a home for herself in bombed-blitzed London. A motley crew of friends has replaced the family she’s not spoken to in years. That is until the evening Kate’s sister Sarah walks back into her life. Sarah has a […]
Pancakes – It’s Not about the Food
It’s Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day. The day before we give up something for Lent. I won’t be giving up anything. I will be indulging in cake and I will tell you why. Eating Disorders are like a long period of Lent – a period of abstention. Not just from food but from joy and […]