Blue Moon

by Pam Weaver

Ruby was beginning to worry. If the family was to survive, she would have to work out a way of keeping them all together. Everyone needed an anchor, and, from now on, that's what she would have to be. She'd keep her job, and get another one if necessary. Worthing, 1931: money is still tight following the Great Depression, and the Bateman family must all pull their weight to make ends meet. But this happy, hardworking family is shocked to their core when father Nelson dies tragically in a fishing accident. As they all handle their heartbreaking grief in different ways, brother Percy turns to the Black Shirts, who have recently started making trouble in the town. As the troubles escalate to violence, will he see right from wrong? It falls to Ruby, the daughter of the family, to hold them all together. But she has her own dreams for a life outside the seaside town, and a long-buried family secret may just upturn all her hard work. . .

350 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2015

About the author

After training as a Nursery Nurse in the 1960’s, I worked in children’s Homes, private day nurseries and as a Hyde Park nanny. My experiences are in Bath Times & Nursery Rhymes which became a Sunday Times best-seller.

I started writing in 1990’s with small magazines and specialist publications, finally branching out into the women’s magazine market in 2001. I have since written more than 200 articles and at least 150 short stories. They’ve been in Take A Break Fiction Feast, Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special, Weekly News, My Weekly and People’s Friend. Some have been in anthologies with the proceeds going to charity. The Fantastic Bubble was repeated on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service.
My novels are set in Worthing; There’s Always Tomorrow (2011) Better Days Will Come (2012), Pack Up Your Troubles (2013), For Better For Worse (2014), are all published by HarperCollins Avon. Blue Moon (2015) & Love Walked Right In (2016) are published by Pan Macmillan. I also have a couple of novellas on Kindle. Emily’s Christmas Wish (2015) and Amy’s Wartime Christmas will be released in October 2016

If you are looking for murder mystery and intrigue in a saga… look no further!

Reviews

[Layla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book have read it a few times over the years, set to read today but read years ago, I just saw it come up on GR list. and forgot I had read it.

a lovely easy relaxing story to read.

[Deborah Sowery-Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed this story set in a seaside English town in the early 1930s. Ruby is a young woman who works in a hotel and lives at home with her fisherman father, who treats everyone in fhe family poorly with the exception of her little sister. Over the course of the novel Lily finds out family secrets, faces tragedy & unfair treatment. I enjoyed the setting and being reminded of how different lives were for women at that time and how limited Ruby's choices were.

[Fi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having grown up in the town where this was set, I really enjoyed all the references to places I remembered (but which I know have now, sadly, changed beyond recognition); the story was good too

[Trudie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this, I can't wait to read more of Pam's books!

[Sandie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow such a brilliant book so many surprises, moving onto the sequel now, Love walked right in.

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good storyline. Good twist.

[Rosie Uebel · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Dave Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book

A great book like many others she has written, I get fully immersed in the stories and cannot put the book down.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read, look forward to the next book in the series

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've loved all the books I've read by Pam and this one is no exception. This book starts in Worthing in 1933 following the lives of Ruby Bateman and her family. Nelson Bateman the Dad of the family gets on with no one except his youngest daughter May. After his sudden death things come to light to explain why he acted like he did with Percy and Ruby. You also find out why Mrs Fosdyke Ruby's boss is so horrible to her. Will Ruby and her family start to have a better life without Nelson. I recommend this book and I'm looking forward to reading the next book which picks up with Ruby in 1937.