Three Brides for Three Brothers
With so many of the characters travelling, extra depth would have been created through following John in Hong Kong or switching the narrative to Laraine in Dubai.
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This was seriously missing and as a reader you were only provided with little snippets from letter extracts. I would happily give another of her books a go but this is not a great read. Easy to get through, I felt there were still a couple of hundred pages of plot missing. Jul 14, Bigbear Woolliscroft rated it it was ok Shelves: One of the those family sagas where the female lead will master all problems thanks to the enviable support of her friends and family.
A real feel good about yourself book set on the English south coast. It claims to track the history of a family through the changing world of Postwar Britain, but it is hard to pin things down, as the historical detail is left very vague. You get a reference to TV starting so we start somewhere in the fifties and will end in the late 70s Sep 01, Bronwyn Rykiert rated it it was amazing Shelves: I really enjoyed this story about the 3 Underwood boys and their families.
I guess the story was mostly about Jodie and Dee Underwood. Excellent book I loved this book from start to finish. Couldn't put it down. A real homely and easy to read book.. The characters were very real and the storyline couldn't have been better. Mar 11, Ceri rated it liked it Shelves: Three brothers, John, Derrick and Richard. Dee gets to know Jodie through their job in a haridressing salon where Dee is a Saturday girl.
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While Dee is babysitting one night so Jodie can go out with husband John, his brother Derrick calls in and before long Dee is smitten. After From the s all the way through to the s, Three Brides For Three Brothers is a nostalgic story of love and loyalty during the most testing of times. After getting to know each other a little bit, Derrick goes back to sea and Dee doesn't hear from him for over a year! All the brothers are seafarers. In the meantime, Laraine has met and married the other brother Richard after a whirlwind romance.
What follows is a story that focus's on the girls relationships with each other and the ups and downs they have with being married to the brothers. John is a bit of a cad and only cares about himself but all Jodie cares is their children and earning enough money to give their sons a nice upbringing. This wasn't a bad book, it delved quite deeply into how the characters coped with certain situations. The pace of the book ambled along quite nicely until three quarters of the way through when there was a few twists followed by some conclusions.
After such a slow start to the book I felt the ending was a bit rushed and the twists could have been brought forward to liven the book up a bit. The charaters were all believable although some things that the brother's mum, Marian did were a bit far fetched so it slightly spoilt it for me. I wasn't too fussy on the title of the book either, when people found out what I was reading I had a few quips as in "Oh, seven brides for seven brothers is it".
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Books by Elizabeth Waite. The sweeping and intricate storytelling of this remarkable debut is set against the resonant backdrop of an America that blithely hoped it could avoid the war and focus instead on the promise inherent in the slogan of the World's Fair: Rebecca Quinn is an unconventional woman. At the height of World War I, she has given up the safety of her Sydney home for the bloody battlefields of Europe, following her journalist husband to the frontline as a war correspondent in Italy.
Reporting the horrors of the Italian campaign, Rebecca finds herself thrown together with American-born Italian photographer Alessandro Panucci, and soon discovers another battleground every bit as dangerous and unpredictable: Little Sarah is found in the snow: Feisty and headstrong, at fourteen Sarah decides to run away. Dressed as a boy, she meets good-hearted Aidan and impulsive Danby, forming an unlikely but happy trio. When Sarah is found out, Aidan knows she can not live with two young men and reluctantly takes her to the workhouse.
He plans to rescue Sarah just as soon as he can, but something keeps Aidan from his promise. Reunited as adults, but now strangers, Sarah holds a secret about Danby, Aidan and her unborn child. But can she do what is right for her baby, even if it means losing the love of her life? At the age of eighteen, Alice Ware is pretty, charming and impetuous. Back home in Yorkshire at the start of a new century, she is determined to seize any fresh opportunities and experiences that come her way.
The arrival of a new neighbour, the elegant and scandalous Mrs Emma Cheevey, leads to visits from her two highly eligible soldier sons. Alice is instantly drawn to Matthew, the younger brother - and then Captain Steven Cheevey arrives home from South Africa, where he was part of the British expeditionary force at the Relief of Mafeking. Alice's choice is made, her future secure. Reluctant to return home, she seeks refuge in the one place where she knows she will find peace, perhaps for ever.
It will take a visit from the man who loves her to persuade Alice to reconsider and dare to live again. Margaret Bannatyne lost both of her brothers in the Great War and is now the last remaining child of wealthy and powerful shipyard owner William Bannatyne. Without a male heir to carry on the family business, William expects his daughter to do her duty, marry well and provide him with a grandson to inherit his business.
Three Brides for Three Brothers (Unabridged)
Margaret cares deeply for her father but she has ambitions of her own: Her father, convinced she will never practise medicine, permits Margaret to complete her training. But he doesn't count on her falling in love with Alasdair Morrison.
Alasdair, a union man at the shipyard, has been a thorn in William's side for years, and he didn't become one of the richest men in Glasgow only for Alasdair to take it all away - even if it means destroying his only daughter's happiness by forcing her to make a heartbreaking and impossible choice. When Britain declares war on Germany in , Carolyn Maddison is still a schoolgirl. Her elder brother Alastair wastes no time in joining the RAF as a flying officer, and Carolyn decides that when she is eighteen she will follow him into the service by joining the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
While reporting to the Air Ministry in London she meets a good-looking, charismatic pilot, Charlie Wade, currently employed in propaganda work. He believes that with her calm demeanor and resilience, Carolyn should work as an Intelligence officer, and suggests she serve on an active bombing station. At her side throughout the courses and postings that follow is Lucy Gaston, naturally quick-witted and sparky, a perfect foil for her friend.
The young WAAFs both obtain prestigious postings in 5 Group Bomber Command, where they perform the vital tasks of briefing and debriefing aircrew returning from operations over Germany. Lucy, an incorrigible optimist, falls head over heels for a member of a Lancaster bomber crew while Carolyn resists her feelings for its dashing pilot. She decides it's not worth the risk of loving a man in wartime.
For Lucy and Carolyn, life on a WWII bombing station brings drama, heartbreak and suspense in this touching love story. Young Englishwoman Margaret Dalton is full of excitement as she arrives in Sydney to begin a new life in the warm, golden land of Australia. She leaves behind the horrors of WWI and can't wait to see her husband, Frank, after two years of separation. But when Margaret's ship docks, Frank isn't there to greet her and Margaret is informed that he already has a wife. Devastated, Margaret must make a new life for herself in this strange city, but she soon falls in love with its vibrant harbour, sweeping ocean and clean sea breezes.
A growing friendship with army sergeant Tom McBride gives her a steady person to rely on. But just as Margaret and Tom begin to grow closer, news arrives that Frank may not have abandoned her. Will Margaret's life be thrown upside down once again? And where should her loyalties lie: Lucy Bailey is not a girl to take no for an answer. When she asks her friend Billy Wellington to help her rescue a stray dog, she has no idea of the potential repercussions. A serious crime is committed while Billy is absent from the children's home where he lives and, when suspicion falls on him, the police decide that the safest thing for everybody is to lock him away in a mental institution.
Lucy refuses to believe that Billy has done anything wrong, and enlists her cool-headed teenage brother Arnold to help. DI Daniel Earnshawe, who has his own doubts about the police's conclusions, turns out to be unexpectedly helpful, and Billy has someone else on his side too: Helen Durkin, a beautiful, damaged girl who has been seeking to make amends for her past. With so many daring and resourceful people battling on his behalf, it looks as though Billy's freedom will soon be won - before an unexpected development sees Arnold too fall foul of the law.
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Refusing to give up hope of winning freedom for them, Lucy chases up the few remaining clues while Daniel and Helen resort to an alternative form of justice. In working-class Leeds in the s, Jess is starting on her journey through life. Growing up in the aftermath of the Great War, she is torn between her downtrodden father and her cantankerous, ambitious mother. After a disastrous spell as housekeeper to the local priest, she works happily in the office of her uncle's shoe factory and falls in love with her childhood sweetheart, Wilf. But Wilf is determined to be a successful artist, and Jess can't bring herself to stand in the way of his dreams.
She also faces a bigger fight: Years ago Dilly made the devastating decision to give her baby daughter to wealthy local family, the Farthings. She is still living with the consequences of her choice when the daughter she gave away all those years ago turns up on Dilly's doorstep, with a baby girl in tow, begging for help. Olivia has a secret she only feels safe telling Dilly.
Sworn to secrecy, Dilly agrees to help, delighted to be spending time with her new granddaughter and daughter. She can't tell Max Farthing, the man who took in Olivia all those years ago and who Dilly has feelings for. For Max has problems of his own: Could Dilly and Max ever come together? Dilly's Lass is a wonderfully heartfelt portrayal of families beginning to rebuild after WW1, from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin.
Sisters Julia and Margaret Wood are struggling to rise above devastating poverty, while the threat of war looms large over their community.