MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW
July 1940 Blackberry Farm
A heartwarming wonderful story of a family living on the Blackberry farm at Cambridgeshire, there are heartbreaking moments to Joyful ones to bitter sweet to keep the reader glued to the storyline. I'm excited to be stopping over to do the Blog tour for the novel, Heartache At Blackberry Farm #Rosie Clarke #Boldwood Books.
What was troubling Pam Talbot's as Arthur's wife, the war with Germany that had been raging for months, the British army had been trapped on the beaches, some dying, raked by enemy fire, others wounded, hungry and unable to merciless attacks. The war was far from over. Pam was terrified for her sons, Tom and John were amongst those fighting made her worse than anxious and mentally shaken with tears. Will her prayers be answered and both sons return home? She was proud of her boys at the same time worried for them. Tom, her first son was in the army, and John, her youngest boy, had recently joined the RAF and he hardly wrote to her about his whereabouts. She had a second son, Artie, still at home and working on the land with his father, she had two daughters, Susan and Angela. Lizzie was a clever woman who owned a hairdressing salon in a small market town nearby. John had a lovely girl named Faith GoodJohn who worked as a nurse in Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge for the wounded soldiers and was very pretty. They were not engaged, even though John Talbot was away in the RAF but he told her he was in love with her. John promised her to get together with her after the war blooming war. It was the time of horrible war and the saying goes everything is fair in love and war. The battle was ongoing in Britain skies. Pam ached for her sons to return!
Because of the damn war Lizzie missed Tom terribly. The wicked war damaged homes and London was suffering badly after some terrible raids on Rotterdam, the Allies had started bombing German cities in retaliation. Livelihoods were terrible and soldiers died in battle killing innocent civilians on the ground. Where was Tom Talbot? What would happen to him? This is a compassionate story that displays kindness and patience through the war of dangerous missions, of all the characters. Faith prayed that John would come home, He was a navigator now and that meant probably flying over the enemy territory - most likely in bombers.
The last chapters were heartbreaking and a story of survival takes a turn, when Faith was attacked while giving birth to John's baby son and dies at the end. The ending brings laughter and tears to all readers.
I just reviewed the novel at Heartache At Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke. Thanks to Boldwood books and Netgalley for an advance copy for my honest review.
Cambridgeshire – 1941
As the war rages on in Europe, it brings untold heartache to the Talbot family at Blackberry Farm.
First Tom is missing in action and then his brother John. leaving the family distraught with worry.
Faith finds herself in trouble and turns to Lizzie for support as fear and grief bring them closer together.
But tragedy is never too far away and when it strikes, it may not be those who fight that suffer the most.
Will Pam’s prayers be answered and will both her sons return home?
And can the family at Blackberry Farm unite to overcome their heartache and find hope for the future?
- Publisher : Boldwood Books (5 Oct. 2022)
- Language : English
- File size : 3449 KB
- Print length : 335 pages
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