A Place Called Home: (The Cliffehaven Series Book 19)

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She always has a cup of coffee and a jolly good heater to keep herself warm. On the walls of her office are all manner of Aboriginal artifacts and pictures from Australia which is her birthplace. But then their mother arrives in town and in her wake is chaos and disaster. Sally will have to decide where her true loyalties lie. Ellie Dean’s novel “There’ll Be Blue Skies” introduces Sally, a sixteen-year-old who moves to the south coast of England. She is uncertain about what will happen to her as all she is used to are the sounds and sights of East End London. Will the sanctuary of home give them each the strength they need to face the challenges ahead? Read more Look Inside Details The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the planes continue to roar above the town and there is still no news of the long-awaited Allied invasion into France. There seems to be no end in sight of this war which has scattered her family and brought conflict right to the door of Beach View Boarding House, but Peggy cannot work miracles and the toll of the war is beginning to weigh on her slender shoulders.

Dean thanked her readers and friends for giving her a career that spanned more than twenty-five years and resulted in more than 30 titles that were popular all over the globe. Ellie Dean is a huge lover of wide-ranging multi-generational historical fiction in addition to thrillers and detective fiction. As such, she can often be found reading the likes of Kate Mosse, Edward Rutherford, and Ken Follett. She said that in the months after the loss of her husband, she had been in a lot of pain and just could no longer find the motivation to write.When Pauline Reilly hears Carol’s news she’s worried for her little sister. But as rumours about Slapton Sands reach Cliffehaven, Pauline can’t help be more concerned for her only surviving son. And despite her sister-in-law Peggy’s best efforts, nothing soothes Pauline’s fears. Cliffehaven, 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are finally coming home. I was gifted this book recently and did not realise straight away that it was book 19 of the series, which I almost put aside the book as I didn’t want to start a book for from the end and completely miss the whole picture. But I decided I could give the book a read see if I like the style of writing, the story… and if I would want to get the rest of the series and as it was the first book I’ve read by Elle in the series I had to take time adjusting to who’s who connected to, but the family tree at the beginning of the book was a huge help.

While Danuta happens to be a well-trained and qualified nursing practitioner, the Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital’s matron does not believe her. Since she desperately wants a job, she decides to become a skivvy. But honestly the book was a very easy read, I loved the family dynamics, connections, friends knitting together through the tough times and that there is support systems continually being built, .. I love Peggy’s heart in wanting to bring everyone under her wings, hard working and yet always there for her family, friends and for those she has adopted. Meanwhile, Ron Reilly has landed himself in hot water with his sweetheart, Rosie – and this time, his Irish charm will not be enough to get him out of trouble.

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It is thus not surprising that she writes in those genres. She prefers to pen her works during the winter since she can hardly stay indoors in summertime good weather. Saga fans will love The Waiting Hours and I would definitely recommend buying it as soon as possible’ Shaz’s Book Blog While it for the most part looks so messy, she has a system and usually can get almost anything she needs to write. Ron and Rosie have moved into their new house but things are not easy for them and they need a good heart to heart. As the fighter planes leave RAF Cliffe every evening all anyone can hope is that the war, like the night, will soon be over.

In Cliffehaven, she befriends Danuta, a Polish woman who is still grieving as she lost all her family when the Germans invaded her country. As Tamara, Ellie Dean is the patron of Andredida Writers, where she has been praised for her contribution to Saga and historical romance fiction. It is not the first time she is playing mother as Florrie her real mother has never been there for her children. She has not even come to wave them off despite promising to do so. Still, while it pains her to leave behind the familiar sights of London, she knows she has to grow up and take care of Ernie her six-year-old brother that needs her. But the posting means she will have to leave behind Alice her five-year-old daughter who has to be sent to Canada where she will be safer. Her heart is torn as she heads out to take the train to Cliffehaven and has to say her goodbyes to her daughter.Soon enough, Sally finds a job working at a uniforms factory so that she can contribute to household bills and buy medicine for her brother. War has not been kind to Carol Porter. It took her husband and baby, and with them her heart. At last she’s found some peace, working as a land girl at Coombe Farm. But Carol’s sanctuary, the whole local area in fact, is about to be disrupted.