Book Synopsis:
There are no secrets that time does not reveal…
Bristol 1937
The year is 1937 and the country is still reeling from the abdication of King Edward the Eighth the year before.
His brother, the Duke of York has become King George the Sixth and will be crowned in May.
The country is on a high. Union Jacks are being dusted off and bunting is being made. Thelma, Jenny and residents of Coronation Close are all a buzz with planning the street parties and celebrations for the great day.
But behind every door shameful secrets and sins linger on Coronation Close, just bubbling to expose themselves…
My Review:
This was a very absorbing, entertaining read that I really enjoyed.
Firstly it was great to be back with the residents of Coronation Close who have started to feel like old friends. I loved the closeness of the residents and how they all seemed to come together against the odds. The author’s fabulous descriptions really brought the period to life for me and I often felt like I was actually there experiencing everything alongside the characters. I found myself wishing that I lived in Coronation Lane and was a part of their group.
As we are close to the coronation of Charles the Third I loved all the wonderful descriptions of King George’s coronation. It was fascinating to follow the events leading up to it and to experience all the build up to it alongside the characters. The descriptions of the street parties and the characters reaction to the coronation brought a smile to my face. It made me wonder if anyone will celebrate the same way this time round.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more from this fabulous series. The book was fairly fast paced and there always seemed to be something happening to keep my interest. Despite the many characters, I found it easy to follow all the different stories at once. I found it very interesting to find out more about life in the years prior to world war two, though it was quite poignant to realise how things might end up for some of the characters in future books.
Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for my copy of this book and publisher for my copy of this book via Netgalley.
About The Author:
Lizzie Lane has written over fifty books a number of which have appeared in the top thirty best selling paperbacks and the Heatseekers charts. Her pet interest is WW2, how little people carried on regardless against the biggest upheaval the world had ever known. She mentions at one stage about how it seemed Britain was sinking beneath the weight of weaponry and allied soldiers from all over the world.
Born and raised in Bristol, a number of her family were involved in the tobacco industry which at one time employed 13,000 people in the city. This is the inspiration behind her latest series, The Tobacco Girls which is set against those five years of war and follows their lives and loves, their hope for survival and better times to come.
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