Peter Turnham

Broschiertes Buch

Autumn Daffodils - Joanna's Story

Beschreibung

This is the second book in the two-part "Autumn Daffodils" story. Joanna has had no contact with Charlie for the past thirty years. She lives in America where she has become the self-styled "Queen of Washington" while he is content with his quiet life in England. When Joanna dramatically re-enters Charlie's life she brings with her a thirty year old secret of which he knew nothing. His life is turned inexorably upside down, as are those of his friends. Charlie and Joanna have only two things in common, their shared secret, and their undying love for each other. Neither of them has ever been complete without the other, but separate lives and an ocean continue to stand between them. The culmination of "Charlie's Story" could not be more dramatic and heart-stopping but this is merely the starting point for "Joanna's Story". She doesn't so much walk off the page as burst out of it. The thought-provoking narrative layered beneath the story is provided by Joanna's inner thoughts. Rather than being just an observer you are invited to share those inner thoughts and to experience life from her perspective. She will ask questions of the reader, and she will most probably break your heart in the process. The strange thing is that like Charlie you will forgive her whatever she does. Be assured Joanna will take your breath away. Peter Turnham is also the author of the "None Stood Taller" series, set in World War Two, which follow the life and loves of Lily and her great friend Dotty, as they take part in the preparations for the D-Day Landings, through their work with the British SOE, Special Operations Executive.

Autor

An "unlikely author," I came to writing during enforced rest after snapping my Achilles tendon. In sheer desperation of boredom, I said to my wife Carol, "I'm going to write a novel." Had I said I was going to climb Mount Everest (wearing my leg brace) it would have been equally implausible! Despite being a dyslexic with the resultant short attention span and glacial reading pace, I have found the challenge immensely rewarding and enjoyable, with six novels to my name. Initially, I started with merely the words "Chapter One" but eventually I used a character based on a larger-than-life friend. The story developed spontaneously because I could visualise exactly what my character would say. The other characters then seemed to come and sit beside me, helping me to write their stories. The first title is "Autumn Daffodils - Charlie's Story," quickly followed by the continuation of the same story "Autumn Daffodils - Joanna's Story." Both achieved modest success, though they are hard to market, not fitting into an easily recognised genre. I then chose a more focused genre, World War Two. Though I live in the Cotswolds, I was born and brought up in London. I used to listen to my parents' conversations about having lived through the Blitz and became very much aware of what they lived through. Thus "None Stood Taller" began, about Lily, a young woman who loses everything in the Blitz. Her incredible journey takes her to the very top of the British wartime establishment and Special Operations Executive (SOE), covering the period from 1941 to D-Day in 1944. Subsequently two more books in the series have been published: "None Stood Taller, The Final Year" covering Lily's life and loves from D-Day to VE-Day, and "None Stood Taller, the Price of Freedom" which is about Lily's good friend Dotty and the war years from her perspective as an SOE field agent. Just published, August 2024, is "Parallel Lives - a Story of the Greatest Generation", which is an inspiring tale about Emma, a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital, London, and Roger, a police detective, transporting the reader to when the Hospital was bombed, also the Balham Tube Station disaster, and a killer who roamed the darkened streets of London under the cover of the Blackout. Their story is all the more compelling because the principal events occurred precisely as described. Before the bombing, the nurses' home occupied the space depicted on the front cover of this book. The emptiness of that space reaches out across the ages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: P&C Turnham
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 347g
• ISBN-13: 9781916097933
• ISBN-10: 1916097936
• Artikelnr.: 66364737