Tracy has also published The Women of Fishers Wharf, a story about what life was really like for fishermen's wives in 1912 Grimsby. A charming, heart-warming saga about ambition, hard work and courage in the cut and thrust of a world often driven by jealousy and spite’. Rosie Clarke

But their good fortune is fraught with complications when sister Ruby Randolph decides to have her last hurrah, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake.Our heritage is so important. If we concentrate on all the things that are wrong we will never notice all the things that are right." All the seaside girls have their own battles to fight. And while they figure things out it’s time for them to do their bit for the war and keep Britain smiling. A successful author who was born and bred in Cleethorpes and lived at the Pier Hotel has returned to the area to promote her bestselling books, all of which are set in the beloved resort she called home and which holds many happy childhood memories. But where Alec goes, so does his widowed mother, Dorcas and she has trouble coming to terms with taking second place in her son’s life.

Friendships are forged but will the glamour of show business lose its shine without those she loves close by? you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Annie Clark Tracy Baines held a special talk at Cleethorpes Library on Wednesday, April 12, and is at Waterstones in Freshney Place today (Friday, April 14) for a signing of her latest book, A New Year for the Seaside Girls. An absorbing and poignant saga. I loved it from the very beginning and would highly recommend it...' Elaine RobertsThrough her father's connections Jessie finds work as a Variety Girl in a new show at the Empire in Cleethorpes, a small seaside theatre on the east coast. But taking the job means flying solo and leaving her family and her sweetheart, Harry behind. Read more: Crowdfunder launched to repair historic trawler which played a key role in Grimsby's fishing industry - and it could soon return Cleethorpes 1939: With the country teetering on the brink of war everyone faces an uncertain future. Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads. Jessie Delaney is afraid to follow her dreams and leave those she loves behind – can she really have it all? She said she considers Grimsby and Cleethorpes to have a "warmth and welcome" that is very special, along with residents who are kind and helpful.

you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Milly Adams As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it’s time for the girls to move on. She would stop and chat to almost everyone - or it seemed like that when I was a child. I can hear the voices of her and her friends and they come through in characters like Lil, the landlady of the Fishermen’s Arms and Joyce who owns the café. She now lives in Dorset with her family, but has many happy memories of her hometown (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford)

I only remember how kind and helpful people are, how friendly and hard working. There’s a warmth and a welcome here that I find very special. Margate Pier in Kent, England. Source: fiveminutehistory.com. Colorized print of an 1895 photograph of the an evocative, busy, entertaining read, which has well balanced touches of humour, vying with angst, and of course, more than a dollop of tension.’ Margaret Graham, Frost Magazine