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I only remember how kind and helpful people are, how friendly and hard working. There’s a warmth and a welcome here that I find very special. But where Alec goes, so does his widowed mother, Dorcas and she has trouble coming to terms with taking second place in her son’s life. Immerse yourself in the exciting, evocative world of Wartime musical theatre. I highly recommend this book.’ Fenella Miller
With the outbreak of War, the fishing fleet is confined to port, bringing hardship to the families and businesses of Fishers Wharf. Can Letty and navigate treacherous waters… Tracy has used Cleethorpes as the setting for her book series, The Seaside Girls (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford)
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an evocative, busy, entertaining read, which has well balanced touches of humour, vying with angst, and of course, more than a dollop of tension.’ Margaret Graham, Frost Magazine you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Annie Clark It makes me so mad when I see Grimsby and Cleethorpes represented in a negative way. There isn’t a town in the country that doesn’t have its positives as well as its negatives," she said. Terrific - beautifully written. The book twinkles. A well-crafted and satisfying story' Maisie Thomas
An absorbing and poignant saga. I loved it from the very beginning and would highly recommend it...' Elaine Roberts The theatres are closed and friends Jessie Delaney and Frances O’Leary search for alternative work. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Annie Clark Our heritage is so important. If we concentrate on all the things that are wrong we will never notice all the things that are right." Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads.Through her father’s connections Jessie finds work as a Variety Girl in a new show at the Empire in Cleethorpes, a small seaside theatre on the east coast. But taking the job means flying solo and leaving her family and her sweetheart, Harry behind.
A successful author who was born and bred in Cleethorpes and lived at the Pier Hotel has returned to the area to promote her bestselling books, all of which are set in the beloved resort she called home and which holds many happy childhood memories. Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Milly Adams Destitute after the tragic death of her father, Jessie Delaney finds work as a Variety Girl in a new show at the Empire – a small seaside theatre on the east coast. But taking the job means flying solo and leaving her family and her sweetheart, Harry behind. As well as being inspired by the location, Tracy said she took inspiration from people she knew as a child in Grimsby and Cleethorpes to influence the characters in her books.
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Life was incredibly hard and community was everything - it kept you afloat. I have nothing but admiration for the life fishermen led at sea and for their wives and mothers who held everything together while the men were away. Tracy Baines held a special talk at Cleethorpes Library on Wednesday, April 12, and is at Waterstones in Freshney Place today (Friday, April 14) for a signing of her latest book, A New Year for the Seaside Girls.
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