The Alien Corn

Joan and her son have joined her husband Jim and family in Canada. They haven't seen each other since their marriage four years before. Joan, from Aldershot, is faced with a culture shock. From the quintessentially British activities of going to the pictures, dances, fish & chips and pubs to a remot......more

The Alien Corn picks up the story of Jim and Joan, whom we first met in Clare Flynn’s earlier novel, The Chalky Sea. I actually started reading this as a stand-alone book, but stopped halfway through to read the earlier one just out of curiosity - this could definitely be enjoyed without reading the......more

Oh my goodness - Clare has only gone and done it again! I absolutely could not put this book down! So much so I used my afternoon off work to finish it. Fast paced, funny, sad and intriguing. Jim and Joan’s life in Canada was harder than they expected and the way they dealt with everything thrown at......more

An absolutely brilliant follow up to The Chalky Sea. More or less read in one sitting I found it as good and unputdownable as the last one. I loved the characters, their evolving lives and the period this book is set in and thoroughly recommend, deserving of the 5* awarded.......more