Ha'Penny Chance

Ha'Penny Chance is the follow up to Gemma Jackson's excellent début novel Through Streets Broad and Narrow. From reading the author's bio it is clear she has led a colourful and varied life and has used all her experiences to create a wonderful book. Although this book is a sequel it is a standalone......more

Second book in the Ivy Rose series didn't quite have the charm of the first book, whilst still being an ok read.......more

A great story. Once you start it, you will find yourself sneaking back for "just one more chapter" several times a day. The characters so real and the story so absorbing you get caught up in them. I am an early to bed person, but read until 4 A.M. Highly recommended......more

Again, excellent reading! Gemma Jackson has done another incredible job weaving the intricate threads of these characters' lives in 1925 Dublin, Ireland into a most human and interesting story. Main character Ivy is a very complex, hardworking, big-hearted, young woman with a goal in life. Living in......more

The saga continues - and boy howdy, wasn't I glad. I loved the first one so much -when I found out there was a second book, I jumped at it. The characters are compelling. They are not all nice and upper crusty...they are down to earth, hardworking with interesting lives that will horrify you, surpri......more