A Summer Promise

Name: A Summer Promise
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781407951041

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Maddy lives with her grandmother in a tumbledown farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales. The house has been in the family for generations, but her grandmother is struggling to cope. She is determined that no matter what happens, the two of them will not be forced into the workhouse. Though life is tough, Maddy manages to gain a scholarship to the local school. As war is declared, Maddy and her friends join up, leaving the beautiful Dales for the dangerous work of manning the Ack Ack sites.

About Katie Flynn

Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy's unique stories were inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82.The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant to her mother for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels.Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she's not writing she enjoys walking her two lurchers, Sparky and Snoopy, in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods such as pies, cakes and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories, which she and her mother devised together, with readers in the years to come.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on October 07, 2020

This is my first book by this author and a relatively new genre for me as well. I got to the half way point and was still wondering whether anything was actually going to happen. I even re-read the back cover to see why I had picked it up in the first place. The author spends far too long setting the......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on December 19, 2017

I really enjoy reading books set in this era and this book was no exception. Recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on February 03, 2018

Really enjoyed reading this book. Easy to read but very hard to put down. Recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on November 15, 2019

Another nice warming story by Katie Flynn - a story of friendship from early years into adulthood and the war - the trials and tribulations of their lives as they try to stay in touch with each other culminating in a happy ending as only Katie can create......more

Goodreads review by Bev on March 16, 2023

A Summer of Promise was quite different from the other Katie Flynn book that I read this week. The author wrote it while taking a break from writing and it was inspired by her love of Charles Kingsley book the Water Babies. It follows a group of friends from childhood through post war. In fact the w......more