The Girl From the Mill

I read the synopsis for this book and it sounded just my kind of read. Firstly it’s historical fiction (which I love), secondly it takes place just before and during the First World War (which is a special interest of mine) and thirdly it is a heartbreaking saga (which is my current favourite genre)......more

A beautiful story Set in the Yorkshire town of Gasthwaite 1913 . This is Lacey Barraclough story, working in the textile mill Brearleys. WW1 breaks out and Nathan Brearley enlist to fight. He may be the bosses son, but falls deeply in love with Lacey, meeting Sunday's at the cuckoo hill no matter wha......more

Lacey Barraclough is a simple farmer’s daughter, working a loom in the woollen mill and completely aware of the differences between ‘them and us’, even as she refuses to believe that she, or any of the women she works with are less than anyone else in town. And being the year before the outbreak of......more

This is a warm and wonderful read that will take you on a journey of life, love, growth and acceptance. It will blur boundaries between class systems and overcome prejudice notions as life and war change points of view.  At the heart of this battle is Lacey Barraclough, a feisty and lively girl with......more

The Girls From The Mill I have called this Girls plural as it involves more than one throughout the story, best friends, cousins. When reading this novel what get me thinking is of how hard running the cotton machines were in this era having run towel making machines myself. It due to the hardships t......more