Book after Book

Welcome back to Blind Date With a Book Thursday! Thank you all for joining in the fun and sharing your guesses on Twitter or on the blog. I hope you enjoyed yourselves! A quick look at the clues: I was published in 2015 I was written by a female British writer I am set in England and Ireland but the States make a brief appearance too I have a dual narrative – I’m set partly just before England declares war on Germany in 1939 and partly in the 1970s I am about love – mostly. Some people put me in the ‘historical romance’ box Domestic violence is one of my themes Among my pages you find mean nuns in a convent, a little like in the film Philomena Any last-minute guesses? No? Ok, here we go…  This week's book was: The Letter by Kathryn Hughes . I’ve read it earlier this year and I definitely recommend it. It is so much more than a historical romance. In fact, I wouldn’t put it in the category at all. To read more about the book and what I thought of it, plea...

By Kathryn Hughes Published by Headline Review Synopsis: Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever... Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine... The Letter tells the story of two women, born decades apart, whose paths are destined to cross and how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation. How did this book end up in my hands? It was given as a present to a friend of mine but she didn’t think it was her cup of tea. That ...