A Wing And A Prayer

An interesting novel for sure!! This author has done an excellent job with her writing. I could tell this book came from the heart! I love when authors can pull u into the story and make you not want to leave the time and place to come back to the real world. The plot was wonderful along with excelle......more

In her recent novel, A Wing and a Prayer, Margaret Thornton has followed the popular formula of writing two stories in parallel with each other. The first is told in present time and the latter takes place during and immediately following WWII, in Britain. While the story set in WWII is engaging and......more

Helen's great aunt Alice is an enigma to her. She doesn't understand why Alice was estranged from the family or, more immediately, why she left her a cottage. Set in Thornbeck, Yorkshire, this has some nice local color but more importantly, it's a reminder of how old attitudes split families. Helen'......more

I loved this well written and engrossing story. It's well researched, the plot is well crafter and the characters are fleshed out. I was fascinated by two storylines, the descriptions of everyday life and the historical background. I look forward to reading other books by this author. Recommended! Many t......more

Set in post WW 2 England an easy comfortable read as a single young woman finds out about her family’s past when she inherits her Great Aunts cottage and the clues to the past.......more