Courage for the Clarks Factory Girls

I have been wearing Clark Shoes for years.  Great shoes that last a long time.  I was intrigued by the title.  This is part of a series.  I recommend reading the previous book as it gives you a better understanding of the plot.  

This book continues the story of three girls who work at the Clark Factory.  They become very close friends.  Kate, Louisa and Jeannie are there for each other in every way possible.  It is rare to find friendships like that.

I loved the story.  It was heart wrenching at times.  It brought you to WW2 when the local lads went off to serve their country.  This caused grief and hardships for the families they left behind.

I look forward to the next chapter as the ending leaves you hanging!!  

I received this book from Boldwood to review.

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Courage For The Clarks Factory Girls

1915: As war continues to rage across the Channel, the families of the Somerset village of Street can no longer avoid its long shadow.

Workers in the Clarks shoe factory, at the heart of the village, have left for the army in droves, and news from the Front seems to grow darker by the day.

When life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate receive the news they had been fearing, all hope seems lost. And Louisa’s world will be rocked further when she makes another discovery, one that will see her cast out by her family, changing her life forever.

Kate and Jeannie are determined to be strong for their friend, but each of them has their own problems to bear, and when Jeannie’s beloved brother Lucas enlists, she fears history is about to repeat itself.

Can the Clarks factory girls help each other through the darkest days and keep hope alive?

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Author Bio – 

May Ellis has been a legal executive, registered childminder, professional fund – raiser and a teacher. She has travelled the world, including trekking in mountains, deserts and the Great Wall of China, as well as helping build a house in Thailand. She went to university in her forties and gained a first class degree and an MA while still working full – time. Her first book, a contemporary romance, was published in 2014. Since then she has had five more novels published, including another romance and a YA time travel adventure. The last three are gritty dramas set in the 1960s/70s published by Darkstroke Books. She lives in Somerset, within sight of Glastonbury Tor, volunteering at her local library and for the Alfred Gillett Trust (custodians of the Clark’s archives). Her current series, based on the factory workers at Clark’s Shoes was inspired by her move to the area and her love of social history

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