Someone Special

by Judith Saxton

On 21st April 1926 three girls are born, one of whom is the future Queen Elizabeth. Anna is born in a Norfolk nursing home, and Nell on the estate of Pengarth Castle in Wales. The Princess, whose life is changed forever by her uncle's abdication, becomes a symbol for Anna and Nell.

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Pseudonym of Katie Flynn.

Katie Flynn was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School, where she was extremely happy and extremely undistinguished. Published at the tender age of eight, in Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories, she joined a Writers’ Circle as an adult, publishing short stories, articles, etc; only turning to novels in 1971 because the postal strike cut off her main source of income!
At first she wrote under several different names – Judith Saxton, Judy Turner, Lydia Balmain, Judith Arden – but her Katie Flynn books were a delight to write and proved far more popular than she had dreamed. She has now published nearly ninety novels, twenty-seven of which are Flynns. Her most recent titles are: Lost Days of Summer and Christmas Wishes.

Reviews

[Xondra Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were three stories going on in this novel. I was rather confused by this because the only thing these three stories had in common was the fact that the girl in each was born on the same day and year.

Hester's story was the best and I think that the author should have stuck with that one and not included the other two which were lack luster to say the least.

The whole novel was also bogged down with the mundane details of everyday life. Who really wants to hear over and over about emptying chamber pots, scrubbing floors, and cooking whatever they can scrape up? Sure it's fine for a little while, but it gets tiresome and eventually becomes filler for the story. Oh. I forgot the mentions of bunions over and over like Hester had some obsession with them in some scenes.

All in all I ended up giving it three stars only for Hester's story.

[Louise Andersen · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is very plain.

[Annette · Rating 2 out of 5]

Someone Special was not up to Katie Flynn's usual high standard. I normally love her books but this one was too long, filled with a lot of unnecessary domestic detail. It could easily have been cut down by a third. Also I thought the story line was weak and improbable and the characters not fleshed out sufficiently. I think the book would have been more interesting and flowed better if the author had left out the other character of Anna and definitely the royal Elizabeth whom I couldn't see why she had to be in the story at all.

It was a 'ho hum' read and in many places rather boring. I skipped pages and then skipped again to reach the end. Even then I didn't feel I had missed out on anything by the time I'd finished the book.

[Mandy Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has three stories in it, the best one was Hester’s I thought. When reading the parts about Hester I found I could not put the book down, however Anna’s and Lilibets I felt like they were just fillers, although it did seem to come altogether in the end but it was along time coming. All in all though a fairly good read.

[dave jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth a read

Another great read from Katie Flynn who's books have kept me going through the lockdown of 2020. I really enjoyed following 3 different people through the book and how each other's life's impacted on each other's without not even realusing.

[christine damms · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read..

Was very good read but did find myself skipping a few pages towards the end as got a bit long winded.

[De Beresford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Someone special

It took a little while to get really into the novel but I loved it. I could picture all the characters and places.

[Layla · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book.

[Jane Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Read

What a brilliant book, of 3 women born on the same day. One of them is out late queen who only recently died.

[Psammead · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book a bit draggy at the beginning especially the first half, 🤔but it is best to stick with it as the second half is a lot better and important to understand for the final ending of the book.
Once I got through the fist half I enjoyed the last half right up to the end.

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice story

[Caroline Montague · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy Katie Flynn books and this one was no different. I loved following the stories of the three girls growing up. Katie has a way of making the story come alive, well deserved five stars.

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable mix of fact and fiction.