The Orchard Girls
London, 2004. Frankie
didn't always have it easy. Growing up motherless, she was raised by her
grandmother, who loved her – and betrayed her. For years, the rift between them
seemed irreparable. But when their paths suddenly cross again, Frankie is
shocked to realise that her grandmother is slowly losing control of her memory.
There is a darkness in her past that won't stay buried – secrets going back to
wartime that may have a devastating effect on Frankie's own life.
Somerset, 1940. When seventeen-year-old Violet's life is ripped
apart by the London Blitz, she runs away to join the Women's Land Army, wanting
nothing more than to leave her grief behind. But as well as the terror of enemy
air raids, the land girls at Winterbourne Orchards face a powerful enemy closer
to home. One terrible night, their courage will be put to the test – and the
truth of what happened must be kept hidden, forever . . .
My Thoughts
I love books that take me on a journey to the past. Especially a past that I had little knowledge about and this book did that for me. I really enjoyed this story. I especially loved the switching between the time periods and learning about Violet's past I do not think every author has that ability to do that skillfully enough to make a story interesting so this aspect for me was good. Frankie was a very interesting I think readers will connect with her personality on many levels. This is the type of story that should play out on the screen as a movie or a TV series. Fans of Historical Fiction would be thrilled with the detail of the time period. I am certainly appreciative of the learning that I gained with this story that I now have a renewed interest in learning more about life during the war years.
All in all a great story, A must read.
Author Bio
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Nikola Scott started out in book publishing
and worked as a crime fiction editor in America and England for many years.
Turning her back on blood-spattered paperback covers and dead bodies found in
woods, she sat down at her kitchen table one day to start her first novel — and
hasn’t stopped writing since. Obsessed with history and family stories
(‘How exactly did you feel when your parents gave the house to your
brother?’) she is well-known – and feared – for digging up dark secrets at
dinner parties and turning them into novels.
Her first two books, My Mother's
Shadow and Summer of Secrets, have both been international
bestsellers and were translated widely around the world. Nikola lives in
Frankfurt with her husband and two boys (and a kitchen table).
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