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

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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. 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. With the war raging across the continent, Rita is determined to make her contribution. But she is denied her lifelong dream of becoming a member of the WAAF and has to downgrade to fire warden.Peggy Reilly’s fearsome sister, Doris. When warm-hearted Peggy befriends Mary, she discovers the young woman’s secret. But she begins to regret getting involved, for there can only be trouble ahead . . . 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 Tamara, Ellie Dean is the patron of Andredida Writers, where she has been praised for her contribution to Saga and historical romance fiction. With loved ones scattered far and wide across the globe, and tensions running high, the end of the war feels somehow further than ever. And yet with the long-awaited Allied invasion in sight, a glimmer of light is starting to break through… Cliffehaven, 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are finally coming home.

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. Will the sanctuary of home give them each the strength they need to face the challenges ahead? Read more Look Inside Details But then Italy joins Germany and her closest neighbors and friends find themselves declared enemies of the state and are sent to prison. 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.

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While it for the most part looks so messy, she has a system and usually can get almost anything she needs to write.

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. 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.As the fighter planes leave RAF Cliffe every evening all anyone can hope is that the war, like the night, will soon be over.

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. 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’s Cliffehaven series of novels has sold more than a million copies over the years and has been translated into more than 15 languages across the world. But Ernie who has been a cripple since he was afflicted by polio at a young age has learned to depend on his sister Sally.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.