Stones Corner Turmoil - Buckley, Jane
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STONES CORNER: Turmoil, V1 is the debut novel by first-time author Jane Buckley. Caitlin McLaughlin is just like any other teenage girl: during the week, she works at the Rocola shirt factory in Stones Corner, Creggan, where she has become secretary to her boss's dishy nephew James. She likes music and trips into the city with her best friend at the weekend, but this is Derry 1972. A simple trip to the shops can lead to life-changing injuries or death, and staying at home can be just as dangerous when the British Troops raid house to house. Robert Sallis is a private with the Royal Fusiliers…mehr

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STONES CORNER: Turmoil, V1 is the debut novel by first-time author Jane Buckley. Caitlin McLaughlin is just like any other teenage girl: during the week, she works at the Rocola shirt factory in Stones Corner, Creggan, where she has become secretary to her boss's dishy nephew James. She likes music and trips into the city with her best friend at the weekend, but this is Derry 1972. A simple trip to the shops can lead to life-changing injuries or death, and staying at home can be just as dangerous when the British Troops raid house to house. Robert Sallis is a private with the Royal Fusiliers recently posted to the city. He's repelled by how some of his fellow soldiers behave, wary too of civilian feelings running high against the occupying army. Accidentally separated from his patrol in Creggan, he's discovered by Caitlin hiding in her family's garden. He expects the worse but having seen enough violence too close to home, she doesn't give him away. Instead, she prefers to daydream about her charming boss, who has made his feelings for her plain. A Catholic girl from the Bogside and the Protestant heir to a big local employer...Caitlin believes their love can overcome the triple obstacles of politics, class, and faith in her youthful innocence. Meanwhile, Robert, newly recruited to British undercover forces, is closing in on a terrorist strike in the heart of the city centre.
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I was born in Derry in the late 60s and, like many young people, I had to leave to find work elsewhere. So, at the naïve age of 17, I moved to London and lived and worked there for over twenty-five years before moving to France. My husband John (born in Cork) and I finally returned home to Derry in 2017. We love living here but had forgotten how unpredictable the weather can be! I lived predominantly in London throughout the awful time that is known as "The Troubles." It was apparent at the time - and still is today - that not all the facts of the horrific events that took place in Ulster - by both warring factions - were presented in an honest and unbiased way. This was especially true with the media on the UK mainland. John and I over recent years have recognised that many of the people we've been fortunate enough to meet on our travels around the world, didn't understand why or how the conflict here in the North of Ireland began and continued over a number of decades. I found this particularly frustrating and so decided I'd take it upon myself to perhaps educate them and others by writing a historical fiction novel based around the events of this horrific period in our history. I've never written anything substantial before and, me being me, decided I wouldn't write just one novel, but I'd write a series! It is right for us all to try and move on from "The Troubles", but in doing so, it is important to understand how and why they occurred. In any event, we must also take into account the lessons, hardships and sorrows that affected our country, individuals and others so we can continue the healing and reconciliation process.