A Wedding at Mulberry Lane by Rosie Clarke
Published: 1st December 2017
Publisher: Aria
Pages: 274
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Rating: 5/5
Blurb
Love, marriage, birth, death and betrayal in the East End of London make up life in Mulberry Lane. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Cathy Sharp and Donna Douglas.
Maureen Jackson knew life as a trainee nurse wouldn't be easy, but she didn't expect her hospital to be badly bombed on her first shift. Plus Maureen still has her family and friends in Mulberry Lane to keep her busy – she's needed as much there as she is by her patients.
Running the pub on the corner of Mulberry Lane, Peggy Ashley is used to taking in all sorts of waifs and strays. But the arrival of a dashing American captain has got tongues wagging about Mulberry Lane's favourite landlady...
Janet Ashley's husband is back from the frontline. Which is more than so many of the wives of Mulberry Lane. But her beloved Mike is a completely different man from the one she fell in love with – and what's more he doesn't remember her, or their young daughter. How do you cope when your darling husband is a virtual stranger?
As WW2 continues around them, the women of Mulberry Lane know that community spirit and friendship is the key to surviving the Blitz.
Review
A Wedding at Mulberry Lane by Rosie Clarke is the second
book in her popular Mulberry Lane series and I think it was just as absorbing
and heartfelt as the first. If you haven’t read the first book then don’t worry
you’ll soon be totally immersed in Ms. Clarke’s amazing storytelling and the
lives of Maureen, Peggy and Janet.
Maureen has left Mulberry Lane to train as a nurse despite
her injured sweetheart Rory begging her to stay by his side in London. For the
first time in her life Maureen is doing exactly as she wants following her
dream of helping others through her nursing, but with Rory begging her to marry
him every time she visits her heart begins to be torn in two.
Peggy is still running the Pig and Whistle pub at the end of
Mulberry Lane and is providing comfort for all those around her. Things with husband
Laurence are particularly cold and all Peggy wants is someone to give her some
comfort.
Janet has been reunited with missing husband Mike but their
reunion has been bittersweet as Mike has no memory of his wife or young
daughter Maggie.
Each of these women faces moments of heartbreak and joy throughout
this book and the way Ms. Clarke writes it’s as though I was right there with
them feeling every emotion with them. I
was a glad that one of them manages to find happy ending but for how long
nobody knows.
I won’t say anymore as I don’t want to spoil this wonderful
read, just that I highly recommend it to anyone who is fans of Lynsey
Hutchinson, Nadine Dorries or Diney Costello. I adored every page and am so
looking for the next instalment with these wonderful characters.
Thank you so much to Aria for sending me a copy to review
and inviting me to be part of the blog tour.
About the Author
Rosie Clarke was born in Swindon, but moved to Ely in Cambridgeshire at the age of nine. She started writing in 1976, combining this with helping her husband run his antiques shop. In 2004, Rosie was the well-deserved winner of the RNA Romance Award and the Betty Neels Trophy. Rosie also writes as Anne Herries and Cathy Sharp. Find out more at her website: www.rosieclarke.co.uk
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