Christmas on the Home Front

Sep 21, 2024 10:06 PM

Author:Annie Clarke

THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE HEART-WARMING FACTORY GIRLS SERIES! Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Ellie Dean.

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Praise for Annie Clarke

'Clarke's tale is one to lift the spirits and touch the hardest hearts' Northern Echo

'Delightful authentic-feeling saga' Peterborough Telegraph

'Highlights the strength of women during the toughest times' Culture Fly

'Beautifully written' Frost Magazine

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October 1942: As Christmas approaches, the evacuees decide a pantomime is just what the village of Massingham needs.

Viola loves her new job away from the factory, and hopes that her romance with the handsome Ralph might have a happy ending. Meanwhile, married life is proving tough for Fran and Davey as they are forced apart by war work and an unexpected arrival on her doorstep turns her world upside down.

Following her husband's shock confession, Beth finally feels as though she's regaining control of her life, that is until he turns up . . .

A lot can happen on the home front, but Christmas is a time for family and friends, and the factory girls will do everything they can to ensure this year's celebration is one to remember.

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Our readers LOVE the Factory Girls . . .

'Gripping and authentic'

'The characters are all strong and the style of writing makes it hard to put down'

'Another lovely story these wonderful characters make me feel like I'm visiting old friends'

'What a joy to read'

'I have laughed, cried and been angry reading this book'

'Another brilliant book'

Reviews

Gripping and authentic. The perfect book to snuggle up with on a winters evening

—— Under the Christmas Tree

As always, with any Annie Clarke book there is warmth and compassion in bucketloads [...] I know these are fictional characters but they reminded me of so many people I know and have known - and that's the magic spell Annie Clarke casts

—— Frost Magazine

A warming festive read

—— Choice Magazine

Well-drawn, believable characters combined with a storyline to keep you turning the pages

—— Woman

[Grossman gives] vivid voice to each of the characters as they navigate their pain, both present and past... Grossman's 12 previous novels and five volumes of non-fiction have brought him renown on both sides of the Atlantic. This book will earn him more.

—— Economist

[A] concisely devastating novel... [Grossman] has demonstrated again that the novel - elastic, expansive, amenable to painful fragmentation - can provide a space for the most harrowing and resistant material.

—— Alex Clark , Guardian

Nobody can see the political in the personal like David Grossman. He is an interpreter of hearts and an investigator of social forces. Every book he writes is a revelation.

—— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

A moving exploration of the power of love, secrets and forgiveness. A sweeping narrative rooted in a deep faith in humanity.

—— Hephzibah Anderson , Mail on Sunday

Grossman is surely now the greatest living Israeli writer. And his new novel, More Than I Love My Life, is arguable his best yet... what makes the book so powerful and complex is not just the daughters' refusal to forgive, but the way Grossman lets the story unfold.

—— David Herman , Jewish Chronicle

A meditation on love, on memory, and on the power of storytelling.

—— Ángel Gurría-Quitana , Financial Times, *Books of the Year*

The reader is invested from the start . . . So poetically elegant as to be breathtaking . . . Life Sentences is writing at its finest.

—— Claire Fullerton , New York Journal of Books

O'Callaghan's prose is mesmerising in its beauty . . . Profound, moving, sometimes shocking, [Life Sentences is] from the pen of a writer at the top of his game.

—— Anne Cunningham , Meath Chronicle

One of the most beautiful books of the year.

—— Sam Blake, #1 Irish Times bestselling author of the Cat Connolly trilogy

The novel I most look forward to is Billy O'Callaghan's Life Sentences.

—— Maggie Fergusson , Tablet *Highlights of 2021*

The accomplished writer . . . O'Callaghan has proved an empathic and expert diviner of the extraordinary in ordinary lives.

—— Marjorie Brennan , Irish Examiner

An absolutely stunning book . . . A truly beautiful read.

—— Sinéad Moriarty

A gifted storyteller.

—— Donal O'Donoghue , RTÉ Guide

A terrific family saga.

—— Village Bookshelf

A lyrical prose reminiscent of William Trevor, and a haunting family drama.

—— Times Literary Supplement

One of the most exciting literary talents to emerge in the last decade.

—— Irish Examiner

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