Still Waters

Name: Still Waters
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781407970189

Author: Katie Flynn, Judith Saxton

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 20 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 02/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Living on the edge of the beautiful Norfolk Broads with her father, the only ripple in Tess Delamere's calm life is the disturbing dream about her dead mother which haunts her. She yearns to know more but the arrival of a new stepmother heralds the end of Tess's hopes that her father might divulge the past. As she grows up, Tess slowly starts to put together the pieces herself. But the outbreak of war brings tragedy and upheaval, changing Tess's priorities. Mal Chandler has travelled the length and breadth of Australia with his feckless father and weary mother. Now, the war brings Mal to England as a pilot for the RAF – and into Tess's world.

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 Hayley on July 20, 2014

I love pre war, post war, war time novels, and I completely judged this book by its cover when I saw it the shop, and just assumed I would like it. I am so pleased I did. I have to say, I love, love LOVE this book. I have read it twice over the course of 2 weeks, the writing and plot is so good, it......more

Goodreads review by Redfox5 on August 17, 2018

I love historical fiction set in World War II, especially if it focuses on what is happening on the homefront. This story starts way before the war and follows Tess & Mal's life throughout the book, until the end of the war. Split between England and Australia for most of the book, until they both......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on December 01, 2019

I enjoyed this book very much, although I felt it was a tad too long. This book explores the lives of Tess and Mal. Tess grows up in England, wondering what happened to her mother and has a loving father but a mean step-mother. Mal grows up in Australia with a violent father and his brother sadly di......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on July 22, 2018

It was just OK. TOO wordy!......more

Goodreads review by Christina on September 11, 2018

From a technical point of view this is a well written piece of fiction. The characters are wonderful, and I especially loved the chapters that were set in Australia with Mal. It’s given me a temporary desire to go work on a cattle station. But as for the rest of the book I had a few bugbears. Firstl......more