Previous Books of the Months

May's Book Of The Month

Song of the Skylark- by Liz Shakespeare

For more than thirty years Liz Shakespeare has been writing books inspired by the history, the people and the landscapes of Devon. The Song of the Skylark is based on the actual experiences of a young parish apprentice sent to work on a remote Devon farm in the 1840’s. Nine-year-old Mary is fearful of her master’s volatile temper and, despite the comforting presence of her older brother Thomas, she finds the physical labour hard to bear. As the years pass, and a series of failed harvests makes life on the farm intolerable, the brother and sister take daring action in an effort to change the course of their lives.
£9.99 from Liz Shakespeare's website (signed copies for Mirthy audience)

The Skylark’s Secret - by Fiona Valpy

Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper’s daughter Flora’s remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy’s Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird’s son falls in love with Flora, and as tensions build in their disrupted home, any chance of their happiness seems doomed. Decades later, Flora’s daughter, singer Lexie Gordon, is forced to return to the village and to the tiny cottage where she grew up. Having long ago escaped to the bright lights of the West End, London still never truly felt like home. Now back, with a daughter of her own, Lexie learns that her mother—and the hostile-seeming village itself—have long been hiding secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew.
£4.99 from Amazon