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World War One provides the backdrop detailing the lives of two best friends in Blackpool as they make their way in the world in The Fortune Tellers by Maggie Mason.
Martha moves to Blackpool with her grandmother to escape the rising tensions in Ireland. She soon meets Trisha, her neighbour, and they become fast friends. Martha and her grandmother, who both have the gift of seeing the future, set up a tent on the Blackpool Promenade selling their personal prognostications to the public.
This sweeping saga has it all: romance, heartbreak, tragedy, triumph, and everything in between. Although challenges come and go, the friendship between the two young women is ever constant and heartwarming to read.
Blackpool itself is very much its own character in the tale, with detailed descriptions of the promenade, the visitors and the attractions. Even the donkeys on the beach play an important part of the story.
Maggie Mason, the pen name of author Mary Wood, started writing full time after retiring from the National Probation Service in 2009. Since then, she has written nine books, including this one, as Maggie Mason, and fourteen as Mary Wood.
The Fortune Tellers is the first in a trilogy, so more adventures are in store for Martha and Trisha in the future.
Maureen Stapleton
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The Fortune Tellers Synopsis
Troubles lie ahead - will friendship see them through?
BLACKPOOL, 1918.
Martha is seventeen and alone in the world. Of Irish descent, her flashing green eyes see into your soul. Foretelling the future is a gift passed down by her late grandmother and is how she earns her living on Blackpool Promenade. Though she spends hours in a little tent, waiting and hoping for a customer.
Trisha is Martha's neighbour and quickly becomes her dearest friend, but she is pregnant and married to a brutal man. And when tragedy strikes, she finds herself alone, her future uncertain.
Together, on one of the poorest streets in Blackpool, the girls face poverty, as is their lot, but they're determined to help each other any way they can, and they never stop dreaming of a brighter future.
Will a chance encounter on the promenade change their fortunes?
The first in a brand-new series from Maggie Mason, much-loved author of The Halfpenny Girls. A heart-warming family saga about overcoming hardship and the value of friendship. Perfect for fans of Val Wood, Kitty Neale and Rosie Goodwin
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9781408728154 |
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31st August 2023 |
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Maggie Mason |
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Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
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Paperback |
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409 pages |
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Sagas
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About Maggie Mason
Maggie Mason also writes saga as Mary Wood. Mary was born the thirteenth child of fifteen and throughout her life had various factory, office and home-based jobs, finally becoming a probation service officer before she retired. Mary married in 1963 and with her husband Roy has four children, eight grandchildren, and five step-grandchildren. She got her first book deal in 2013 and has not looked back since.
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