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‘A Ha’penny Will Do’
Alison Huntingford
Love, dreams
and destitution
Three members of one family are linked by their struggle to survive
poverty and war at the turn of the century.
Kate, a homesick, lonely Irish immigrant, dreams of being a writer. After difficult times in Liverpool she comes
to London looking for a better life.
Hoping to escape from a life of domestic service into marriage and
motherhood, she meets charming rogue William Duffield. Despite her worries about his uncertain
temperament, she becomes involved with him. Will it be an escape or a prison?
Fred is a restless elder son, devoted to his mother yet locked in a
tempestuous relationship with his father.
War intervenes and he secretly signs up to serve abroad. Is his bad reputation deserved? What will become of him?
Joe, too young to sign up for WWI, is left to endure the hardships of
war on the home front and deal with his own guilt at not being able to
serve. He starts an innocent friendship
with his sister-in-law which sustains him through hard times. Will he survive the bombs, the riots, the
rationing and find true love in the end?
These are their intertwined and interlocking stories recreated through the medium of diaries, letters and personal recollections, based on the author’s family history covering the period of 1879 – 1920. The truth is never plain and rarely simple.
This novel is a fresh and compelling look at life for the working-class
poor in England at the end of the Victorian era. Covering issues such as the struggle for home
rule in Ireland, the hardships of domestic service, marital strife, the
suffragettes and the horrors of World War 1 on the home front and abroad, this
is a realistic and gripping tale which keeps the reader involved in their human
plight all the way.
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Achievements:
Nominated for the
Walter Scott prize for Historical Fiction 2019
Took part in ‘A
Miscellany of Authors’ at Blandford Forum Literary Festival 2019
Western Morning
News describes ‘The Glass Bulldog’ as ‘a gripping tale of dark pasts and
second chances’ 2019
5 star reviews
for ‘The Glass Bulldog’ on Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook
Radio Interviews
with Chat & Spin, BBC Radio Devon and The Voice FM (N.Devon)
Published a short
novella ‘Someone Else’ available on Amazon 2020
Founded the South Hams Authors Network first meeting Sept 2021
Second
full-length novel ‘A Ha’penny Will Do’ published January 2022
Author Takeover
Day on the Historical Fiction Club Facebook Group Feb 2022
Book Launch and signing,
Ivybridge Bookshop, February 2022
Readings at
Ivybridge, Kingsbridge and Totnes libraries 2022
5 star reviews
for ‘A Ha’penny Will Do’ on Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook
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