A Daughters Heartbreak, Kay Brellend
A Daughters Heartbreak, Kay Brellend
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A Daughter's Heartbreak
A captivating, heartbreaking World War One saga, inspired by true events

Author: Kay Brellend

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2023


Synopsis

The beginning of a brand-new trilogy from bestselling author Kay Brelland, featuring the Silvertown Explosion, the rise of women's football, and East End suffragettes.

She is her family's only hope.

1916. East London. When sixteen-year-old Clover Cooper's mother, Iris, calls her home from work one day, the last thing Clover expects is to find that her mother has given birth to another baby. After all, Clover's unpleasant father, Sidney, has been in France for longer than nine months. Banned from questions, and bound to secrecy by her beloved mother, Clover leaves her infant brother at a nunnery for safekeeping, despite her heartbreak at parting with him.

But when Sidney unexpectedly returns from the Western Front, life at home suddenly feels more dangerous than a battlefield. Strained by keeping such a secret, Clover turns to her fiercely protective grandmother, Elsie, for advice. But Elsie has her own life-changing decision to make. Then tragedy strikes, and Clover will have to find a way to keep her family together and safeguard all that she holds dear.

Praise for Kay Brellend:

'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society

'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads

'Thoroughly absorbing' Goodreads

About Kay Brellend

Kay Brellend was born in north London and her first saga, based in the early twentieth century slums of Islington, was published in 2011. The opening novel in the Bittersweet Legacy trilogy came out in 2017. Published by Piatkus, this series was set in a London sweet factory and on the Somme battlefields.Kay's Workhouse to War trilogy was also set during the Great War, beginning in the Whitechapel Union Workhouse and moving to the bustling markets of East London, between 1914 and 1918. Now she's beginning a new trilogy with A Daughter's Heartbreak, inspired by true wartime events in the Silvertown area of East London. Kay writes with all the heart, grit and personal connection that distinguishes her as one of the most exciting voices in the saga genre.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on October 20, 2023

It's October 1916 in Silvertown in the East End of London in the middle of WW1 and Clover Cooper is called back home by her younger brother, something is wrong with their mum, lots of possibilities go through her mind, could she be drunk? But when she returns home, she finds out that her mum has eit......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV on December 03, 2023

New trilogy from this wonderful author. 1916 Silvertown East London. Clover Cooper, Sixteen years old, she is her family's only hope. WW1 Her father Sidney a rifle man is away in France, mum Iris who's always poorly with the drink, her brother Johnny and twin baby sisters Rosie and Annie, Clover is alw......more

Goodreads review by Emma on July 28, 2024

What a wonderful story where you have romance and tragedy. Clover is the daughter Iris & Sydney Cooper. Clover has a strong character as her Dad is not a very nice person who drinks a lot and is handy with his fists to his family. We see how Clover copes with things and the tragedies that happen. Wil......more

Goodreads review by Diane on July 11, 2024

Another great read from Kay. The Cooper family have a lot of hard times and heartbreak in their lives but the are fighters and stay strong and together as a family. Set during World War One in Silvertown we follow the family mainly through the eldest daughter Clovers eyes. For a young woman she has......more

Goodreads review by Carol on June 26, 2024

Love Kay Brellend and her style of writing. This book was a real page turner for me following the life of sixteen-year-old Clover Cooper. I loved how strong she was and how she coped with servers tragedies. A real gritty storyline which does not disappoint thank you granting Net Galley......more