The Clockmaker’s Wife

     by Daisy Wood

Ellie discovers a pen for the Fascist party in an old handbag belonging to her grandmother.  She has always had questions about her grandmother, questions her mother can’t, or won’t, answer.  Ellie travels to England where she finds her mother’s stepsister quarrelsome and evasive and offering no answers or help.  But Ellie refuses to give up her search.

 Books that authors take the time and effort to dig deep in their research are extremely eye opening.  Wood takes readers into the small shelters that were shared by neighbors and we experience the suffocating reality of the blitz.  The taught suspense of what Nell Spellman went through to help her husband was toe curling.  The frustration that Ellie experiences while trying to find the puzzle pieces to help her put together the picture that is her family history is palpable.  Good read for history buffs.  Teens looking for historical fiction with strong female protagonists will devour this one.   #NetGalley #TheClockmaker's Wife

 

I wish to thank NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this novel and give my honest review.

 PUB:  Harper 360

PUB DATE:  July 27, 2021

ISBN:  9780008444631