One Week in August, Margaret Thornton
One Week in August, Margaret Thornton
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One Week in August

Author: Margaret Thornton

Narrator: Janine Birkett

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

August, 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boarding house before she heads off to university. When Val and Cissie, both from Walker’s woollen mill in Halifax, come to stay for a week, the three young women form an instant friendship. They attend a local dance at the Winter Gardens, which changes all their lives, both for better and for worse. Romance beckons for all three girls but can a holiday fling ever lead to something deeper? As autumn approaches, the three friends discover that life doesn’t always turn out as one would expect and the course of true love never did run smooth…

Reviews

I gave this a 3.5 stars or 7/10. My copy of this book came from BorrowBox the digital lending side of my local Library. This is the first in the Northern Lives series by this Author. I have read the series out of order, as I read Love and Marriage which is the second in the series before this one. My......more

Goodreads review by Miia

I just found this very predictable and boring overall. It was easy reading and flowing and if you want happy story you certainly get mostly that but there just wasn't anything that jumps at you or grabs you.......more

Goodreads review by Tracy

A lovely read following the lives of 3 young ladies who all become friends after a holiday in Blackpool This is the 1st book of 3 of The Northern Lives by Margaret Thornton I recommend this Author she has some lovely books x......more

An excellent nostalgic book This was a light nostalgic book. The central characters all meet over a weeks holiday in Blackpool. The characters are all very likeable and the book is well written.......more