Jevington resident Tamara McKinley, writing under her pen name Ellie Dean, has brought out the latest book in her long-running Cliffehaven Series.
Entitled, The Long Road Home it should be available at Amazon, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Waterstones and Gardners from today.
The Long Road Home is set in 1947, and in the wake of heart-breaking loss, Roisin makes a promise to her granddaughter, Bella, that they will cross the Wye Valley and travel to Cliffehaven to find the family she’d left behind. But as they set out, there is no telling who they will find, or whether they will be welcomed.
Meanwhile, Roisin’s estranged brother, Ron Reilly, has been drawn back to the past, as his son, Jim, continues to suffer from his years of fighting in Burma. The war may be over, but there are storms still to be weathered.
Best-selling author Ellie Dean is currently writing the first book in a new WW2 series, which will, once more, be set on the south coast of England, but this time, in Portsmouth – one of the most bombed cities in England.
Wharf Road is the working title, and the story will follow Evie and Alfie Hansen and the rest of their diverse family through the traumas of war. While Evie keeps the home-fires burning and suffers the heartache of sending her young children away to safety, Alfie and his brother Edward must keep their huge cargo barges operating from Portsmouth Harbour.
Wharf Road winds its way through the docklands where there is a pub on every corner and the teeming mass of immigrants and sailors from all corners of the world are united in fighting against the tyranny of Hitler. But it is in the quiet terraced houses that ordinary lives will be shattered by the coming conflict, and where they can find love, community and courage on Wharf Road
When she’s not writing, Tamara has the role of Patron of Eastbourne’s Anderida Writers group and spends time with her daughter’s dog, Bobby.
Watch out for an exclusive interview with Tamara right here in Unknown Kent and Sussex later this month.
