Review
"* "Summers is able to take the most ordinary subjects, a year in the life of a housewife, and create a deeply interesting, entertaining, and moving novel" Booklist on Long Shadows "Summer's gifts for telling a story and making the reader empathize with her characters is always a sure thing" Booklist on Blackthorn Cottage "Romance is subtly handled, and the book is charming in its simplicity and clarity of plot" Kirkus Reviews on Blackthorn Cottage * Other titles by Rowena Summers from Severn House include Monday's Child, Blackthorn Cottage and, most recently, Long Shadows."
Product Description
The continuing story of Alice Chase and her family - It is the early days of the phoney war and Alice Chase is awaiting the birth of a fifth child. Alices eldest daughter, Rose, is head over heels in love and about to join up as a nursing assistant, following her doctor sweetheart. But as the war clouds gather ever more ominously, new friends and a new man enter Roses life, making her uncertain which way her life should go . . .