At Home by the Sea

Three and a half stars Ever since their mother left when Izzie was thirteen and Linda eleven, Izzie has felt responsible for her younger sister. Their father has a volatile temper and Izzie decides they would be better off on their own. She sets about saving money from her work, which is not easy whe......more

Since their mother walked out on them as children, Izzie's taken responsibility for her younger sister Linda. And when their father's temper flares up, Izzie knows the girls are better off on their own. But when a handsome Italian chef moves to Worthing and offers Izzie a job in his cafe, she is for......more

I loved this book from Pam. As always with her books they are so descriptive and I enjoy reading about the 1950's. I shall look forward to reading more of her books as she writes them. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest r......more

I love a good saga and this is a great addition to the genre. There is every type of character in this book and all of them believable. Poverty breeds cruelty from what I read in stories and it's in abundance here. Izzie is the main character and I was rooting for her from the start. She had a lot o......more

1947 Worthing. Izzie Baxter, and her dad is back home one of the last of the brave boy's from the war and he is a stranger to her, the arguments between him and her mother grew louder and he was so strict with her and sister Linda he had no job and always in the pub, one morning coming down stairs th......more