1950s · Irish literature · romance · romantic suspense

Her Father’s Daughter and the Magdalene homes of Ireland

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I discovered the cover art twin of my heroine Sophie Challoner, who features in my first novel, The Silk Romance.  (See cover to right of this post) Sophie’s cover art twin can be found on the cover of Cathy Mansell’s novel Her Father’s Daughter.   I was…… Continue reading Her Father’s Daughter and the Magdalene homes of Ireland

1950s · a town like alice · adventure story · authors · books · feminist novel · heroines · nevil shute · novels · romance · romance novels

Why I love the heroine of A Town Like Alice

In previous posts I’ve covered a Mills & Boon novel of the thirties, and a romance of the forties. Today I’m moving on a decade to the 1950s, and to talk about Nevil Shute’s classic novel, A Town Like Alice.  This novel doesn’t fall into the romance category in the way the other two novels…… Continue reading Why I love the heroine of A Town Like Alice