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A Home from Home: Part 1
***GET PART ONE OF ROSIE HENDRY'S HEART-WARMING STORY FREE***
An uplifting story set in World War II, perfect for fans of Ellie Dean and Donna Douglas
Norfolk, 1944
Phylly is a Land Girl on Catchetts Farm. She and her friend Gracie are doing their bit to support the war effort. But times are changing at Catchetts - there's an evacuee and two P.O.Ws on their way... And then Phylly meets an American airman from the base up the road.
This ebook contains Chapter One and Two of A Home from Home.
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- GenresHistorical Fiction
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2018
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About the author
Rosie Hendry
27 books78 followersAward winning author Rosie Hendry lives by the sea in Norfolk with her husband and two children. East End Angels is the first book in her uplifting and heart-warming saga series that follows the lives and loves of Winnie, Frankie and Bella, who all work for the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service (LAAS) during the Blitz. Listening to her father's tales of life during the Second World War sparked Rosie's interest in this period and she loves researching further, searching out gems of real life events which inspire her writing.
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June 2, 2018
Land girls
A really lovely short story Gracie and phylly the land girls are working on catchetts farm and also the evacuee Jimmy a great read ready for part 2 5 STARS .
A really lovely short story Gracie and phylly the land girls are working on catchetts farm and also the evacuee Jimmy a great read ready for part 2 5 STARS .
June 7, 2021
I got this short (a little over 11000 words) book free on a promotion. In order to get through my reading pile I am choosing books at random, so I didn’t have any idea what to expect. What I got was a slice of nicely observed 1940s British wartime drama.
The story is told from two main viewpoints: Philly, an enthusiastic Land Girl working on a farm in rural Norfolk, and Jimmy, a ten-year-old boy who has been evacuated out of London but has very bad memories of a previous attempt to send him away from home. We also get to meet Philly’s best friend Gracie, who is concerned for the safety of her husband in the RAF, the owners of the farm, a friendly (and conveniently handsome) GI and a pair of Italian prisoners of war. The characters are all well-realised and what we see of them is intriguing. However, with so many character introductions going on there is hardly any room for anything to actually happen other than a few set-piece character introductions such as Philly and Jimmy being run off the road by a random German aircraft on the way from collecting him, only to be nearly run down again by an American jeep.
Surprisingly soon we get to the end. There are a few hooks left hanging for the next volume, but in the same way that nothing really happened, there is nothing to resolve, so it does not feel like an ending, more like a chapter break in a longer book. This is my biggest concern with this story. When I saw how short it was, I assumed that it would be a “reader magnet” provided as a taster for some full-length books. However, iIt appears that Hendry is taking the approach of releasing a series of 10-12000-word novelettes rather than combining them into a single 60-70000-word novel. I can see how this makes sense as a writer, but I am not entirely convinced as a reader. Sometimes I want a book with a beginning, middle, and end, not just one more slice of an ongoing story.
Despite my concerns about the length of the book and the author’s strategy, I still enjoyed the characters, the setting, and the writing, but I was left a little disappointed when it suddenly ended.
The story is told from two main viewpoints: Philly, an enthusiastic Land Girl working on a farm in rural Norfolk, and Jimmy, a ten-year-old boy who has been evacuated out of London but has very bad memories of a previous attempt to send him away from home. We also get to meet Philly’s best friend Gracie, who is concerned for the safety of her husband in the RAF, the owners of the farm, a friendly (and conveniently handsome) GI and a pair of Italian prisoners of war. The characters are all well-realised and what we see of them is intriguing. However, with so many character introductions going on there is hardly any room for anything to actually happen other than a few set-piece character introductions such as Philly and Jimmy being run off the road by a random German aircraft on the way from collecting him, only to be nearly run down again by an American jeep.
Surprisingly soon we get to the end. There are a few hooks left hanging for the next volume, but in the same way that nothing really happened, there is nothing to resolve, so it does not feel like an ending, more like a chapter break in a longer book. This is my biggest concern with this story. When I saw how short it was, I assumed that it would be a “reader magnet” provided as a taster for some full-length books. However, iIt appears that Hendry is taking the approach of releasing a series of 10-12000-word novelettes rather than combining them into a single 60-70000-word novel. I can see how this makes sense as a writer, but I am not entirely convinced as a reader. Sometimes I want a book with a beginning, middle, and end, not just one more slice of an ongoing story.
Despite my concerns about the length of the book and the author’s strategy, I still enjoyed the characters, the setting, and the writing, but I was left a little disappointed when it suddenly ended.
July 1, 2018
Lovley story
Catchetts farm dorset 1944. Phylly Greenwood a land girl a delightful first part of this book. Working along side gracie. The farm also take in a evacuated little boy name Jimmy hopwood from London.
Catchetts farm dorset 1944. Phylly Greenwood a land girl a delightful first part of this book. Working along side gracie. The farm also take in a evacuated little boy name Jimmy hopwood from London.
June 19, 2018
Very short
I was so surprised that I was at the end of the book only just got into the story when it was saying what happens in book 2 not worth the money
I was so surprised that I was at the end of the book only just got into the story when it was saying what happens in book 2 not worth the money
August 22, 2018
Home
Gripping story can't wealth to start part two brought a tear to my eye at how scared Jimmy was could feel the tension
Gripping story can't wealth to start part two brought a tear to my eye at how scared Jimmy was could feel the tension
December 19, 2018
Great little book shame it is so short am now reading book 2.
March 15, 2021
INTRIGUING
What a great start to a story land girls evacuees America pilot and a fruit farm looking forward to book 2.
What a great start to a story land girls evacuees America pilot and a fruit farm looking forward to book 2.
January 21, 2023
I’ve enjoyed every page of this fabulous book a warm hearted story set in WWII
November 21, 2023
Although this was only about 40 pages long I really got into the story. The rest will be on my TBR list
April 14, 2025
I couldn't put this book down
August 17, 2018
This is a great story set in rural England during WW2, but I was so disappointed that it was so short, and finished in a "cliff-hanger"; so of course, I had to buy the rest of the series to see what happened next. The book is well-written, and the characters very credible.
I thought it was a bit of a rip-off having to pay $4.00 per copy for just a few chapters in each book.
I thought it was a bit of a rip-off having to pay $4.00 per copy for just a few chapters in each book.
September 26, 2018
The first in a lovely series
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