The Power Of Kindness When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr is a charming historical YA novel set after World War I. It is a story that will delight and entertain you whatever your age. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of twelve year old Natty. The […]

Sound Advice Not So Secret by Graham Orr is a powerful book to help equip us to go out into the world and to tell all the people about a God who loves us. The book uses scripture and stories to illustrate the points the author makes. It is written in a very personable style […]

His Greatest Gift A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe is an absolutely heartbreaking historical tale that surrounds the terrible Aberfan disaster of 21st October 1966. The novel begins and ends (7 years later) in Aberfan. Aberfan was a defining moment in nineteen year old William’s life as he volunteered (for his first job) as […]

Heart Breaking Waiting To Die by Sonia Murgatroyd is a powerful true story of the author’s Belgium mother Rosina, mainly of the World War II years and beyond. This is a book that will break your heart. Many suffered during World War II but for Rosina and her family in Belgium, they really seemed to […]

Hold On To Hope The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington is a powerful historical YA novel that will break your heart and horrify you. The action is mainly set in Birchwood, the name given to Auschwitz. We see all the action through the eyes of teenager Ella who is remarkably grown up and strong for […]

Hold On To Hope The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington is a powerful historical YA novel that will break your heart and horrify you. The action is mainly set in Birchwood, the name given to Auschwitz. We see all the action through the eyes of teenager Ella who is remarkably grown up and strong for […]

His Healing Love And Forgiveness The Real Thing by Autumn Macarthur is the most delightful contemporary Christian novel that warmed my heart. It is the fourth book in the Macleans series but can be read as a stand-alone. I absolutely adored The Real Thing. It is a book about flawed human beings learning to grow […]

Fascinating A Midwife’s Memoir by Carol Duncombe is a fascinating account of the author’s life as a midwife of over forty five years. Medical advances mean that some things have changed but much remains the same – we all want to be looked after by a caring midwife and we want a healthy mum and […]

Of Kind Hearts And Angels The Runaway Children by Lindsey Hutchinson is a late Victorian novel set in the heart of the Black Country (where all my ancestors come from). Here, we meet people who are the salt of the earth. People do not have much but what they do have, they share with those […]

True Riches A Very Modern Marriage by Rachel Brimble is a compelling historical novel set in 1852. It is the third book in the Ladies Of Carson Street series but can be read as a stand-alone. This was my first visit to Carson Street. The reader witnesses the powerful bond between the three women living […]