#Review: The Glovemaker's Daughter by Leah Fleming @LeahleFleming @The5HundredClub @simonschusterUK4/12/2017 Release date - 5th October 2017 (Hardcover)
Book length - 432 pages Publisher - Simon & Schuster UK Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Leah Fleming and The 500 Club for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE , this is a beautiful novel about dark family secrets, betrayal, love and redemption. 1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying father, Joy grows up witness to the persecution of the farming community for following a banned faith. Defying the authority of the local priest, she joins a group of Yorkshire pioneers travelling to the New World to form a colony close to Philadelphia - a passionate, rebellious and courageous woman fighting against the constraints of the time. Will she find peace and love? 2014. A leather-bound book is found buried in the walls of the Meeting House in Good Hope, Pennsylvania. Its details trace the owner back to a Yorkshire farm in the Dales. And so a correspondence begins between Rachel Moorside and the man who found the journal, Sam Storer, as Rachel uncovers the tumultuous secrets of her family’s history. MY REVIEW I have to start by saying that the cover of this emotional story is absolutely stunning and it is one I find myself looking at often on my bookshelf. When I picked up THE GLOVEMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Leah Fleming I knew absolutely nothing about the Quakers or their history, but as this beautiful and at times harrowing story flowed effortlessly from the very first page, I was captivated by this compelling historical tale. In 1666, Rejoice who is known as Joy embarks on a dangerous journey to the New World in the hopes of finding peace and spreading the word of her faith. Having never known her parents, she is stronger than many women of her time and as she faces so many hardships head on and which such spirit, we are completely caught up in her life. In 2014 Rachel Moorside is contacted by Sam Storer about an old book that has been found in Pennsylvania. As Sam and Rachel try to place together the pieces from the past, they will both uncover so much more than they planned as a time in history comes alive in the here and now. THE GLOVEMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Leah Fleming is richly detailed and will paint a picture of a ruthless time in history, but it is also an emotional tale of a young woman who yearns for love and to find the inner peace that has eluded her for some time. This story will set your senses alight as you read each page and I thoroughly enjoyed this historical tale. Author Bio: Leah Fleming was born in Lancashire and is married with three sons and a daughter. She writes from an old farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales and an olive grove in Crete. For more information: Website - www.leahfleming.co.uk Twitter - twitter.com/LeahleFleming Facebook - www.facebook.com/Leah-Fleming-260078160703379/
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