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An unputdownable, moving novel about motherhood from Elaine Everest, the bestselling author of the Woolworths series.1905: Ruby Caselton may only be twentyfive years old but she already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Heavily pregnant with her second child, penniless and exhausted, she is moving her family into a new home. The Caseltons left their last place when they couldn't pay the rent, but Ruby's husband Eddie has promised this will be a fresh start for them all. And Ruby desperately hopes that this time he will keep his word.With fiveyearold George at her feet and her mother having a cross word for everyone and everything, life is never dull at number thirteen Alexandra Road. It doesn't take long before Eddie loses another job and once again hits the bottle. It's up to Ruby to hold them all together, through thick and thin. She remembers the kind, caring man Eddie once was and just can't give up on him entirely. What she doesn't know is that Eddie has a secret, one so dark that he can't bear to tell even Ruby.Through Ruby's grit and determination, she keeps food on the table and finds herself a community of neighbours on Alexandra Road. Stella, the matriarch from across the way, soon becomes a friend and confidante. She even dreams that Ruby will ditch the useless Eddie and take up with her eldest son, Frank. But when war breaks out in 1914, the heartbreaks and losses that follow will fracture their community, driving both Stella and Ruby to breaking point. Will their men ever return to them? A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the worst trials of her life - poverty, grief, betrayal - but through it all is the love and comfort she finds in family: the family we're connected to through blood, but also the family we make for ourselves with neighbours and friends. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's the story of plucky Ruby Caselton and her family. In 1905, as the book begins, she's moving her family into Alexandra Road in Erith, the best house she's ever been able to live in. She's with her husband, Eddie, her mother, her son, George, and she's about to give birth to another child. It's fair to say that throughout the course of the book, nothing really goes to plan for Ruby but meeting the Green family on that very first day in Erith makes her some lifelong friends.
In the best saga fashion, A Mother Forever takes our characters and thoroughly puts them through the mill. Ruby has a lot to deal with but she's a fantastic person, strong yet homely, the best kind of friend. I loved the journey she went on and how everything kind of ends up going full circle for her.
The story takes in the horrific events of the First World War and Everest deals with it with sensitivity, which brought tears to my eyes. There's so much history contained in these pages, with the explosion at the W.V. Gibert munition works included too, along with the death of a king and the coronation of a new one, and the Spanish flu. I loved the setting too. Alexandra Road and its surrounds was brought to life and I felt I knew the area and the characters who lived there so well.
This is a fantastic saga that gripped me from page 1 and didn't let me go until the end. It's full of the trials and tribulations of family life, especially in the early years of the 20th century, and it's written with warmth and compassion. I loved it! ( )