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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: A HA’PENNY WILL DO
I am delighted to spotlight the Historical Fiction novel, A Ha’penny Will Do, by Alison Huntingford in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held between April 18th —April 22th, 2022. A Ha’penny Will Do was released by Austin Macauley Publisher on 31st January 2022 (368 pages.)
Below are highlights of A Ha’penny Will Do and Alison Huntington’s author bio.
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HIGHLIGHTS: A HA’PENNY WILL DO
A Ha’penny Will Do
By Alison Huntingford
(Blurb)
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 WW1, 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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AUTHOR BIO: ALISON HUNTINGFORD
Alison Huntingford has a degree in humanities with literature, and has always enjoyed reading, especially, the great writers of the 19th century.
She is an only child of two only children and so has always felt a distinct lack of family. This has inspired her to research her family history and most of her writing is based on this. Her debut novel, The Glass Bulldog, was published in 2019, and was nominated for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. This is her second full length novel, although, she has also written several short stories.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their pets, listening to music, going to the cinema, and gardening. She lives in Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor.
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Roberta Eaton Cheadle
Posted at 21:51h, 19 AprilHI Linnea, this sounds like a most interesting book. In enjoy books set in this era.
ALISON HUNTINGFORD
Posted at 04:29h, 20 AprilHi Roberta Thank you for your interest in my book. It is indeed a fascinating era, which I hope I have done justice to. Regards Alison Huntingford
The Coffee Pot Book Club
Posted at 02:48h, 20 AprilThank you so much for hosting the blog tour for A Ha’penny Will Do.
All the best,
Mary Anne
The Coffee Pot Book Club
Linnea Tanner
Posted at 13:39h, 20 AprilIt was my pleasure, Mary Anne, to host Alison Huntingford and her book, “A Ha’penny Will Do.”
Helena
Posted at 03:21h, 20 AprilThis novel sounds fabulous.
Linnea Tanner
Posted at 13:38h, 20 AprilHi Helena–Thank you for dropping in and commenting on the novel, “A Ha’penny Will do, by Alison Huntingford. This does sound like an intriguing and informative read.
Maddie
Posted at 03:53h, 20 AprilI love the name of this book. it sounds like a really interesting read.
ALISON HUNTINGFORD
Posted at 04:30h, 20 AprilHi Maddie I’m glad you like the title. It comes from an old Victorian rhyme that my Grandad used to recite to me.
Linnea Tanner
Posted at 13:37h, 20 AprilHi Maddie–Thank you for visiting and commenting on the book spotlight of “A Ha-penny Will Do,” by Alison Huntingford. I agree that this is a unique title that drew my interest.
ALISON HUNTINGFORD
Posted at 04:31h, 20 AprilThank you to Linnea for your support. Regards Alison
Linnea Tanner
Posted at 13:36h, 20 AprilHi Alison–It was a pleasure to spotlight your book, “A Ha’penny Will Do, and to learn more about it. Best wishes on the release of this book.
Jan Sikes
Posted at 12:38h, 20 AprilThis sounds like an intriguing book! Thank you for sharing, Linnea!
Linnea Tanner
Posted at 13:33h, 20 AprilHi Jan–Thank you for dropping in and commenting. It was a pleasure to spotlight Alison Huntingford’s novel, “A Ha’penny Will do.”