Four Leaf Clover - Paperback

by Jacquie Crowther (Author)

FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS THE CULMINATION OF SOME TREASURED MEMORIES, BLENDED WITH THE QUIRKINESS OF FAMILY LIFE - AS EXPERIENCED BY THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN ONE FAMILY. FROM BEING A CHILD AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, TO BEING A MOTHER IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THEY EACH EXPERIENCE UNIQUE CHALLENGES WITH UNIVERSAL REWARDS. LIFE LINKS ALL THREE WOMEN IN SO MANY TOUCHING WAYS - THE LEAST OF ALL BEING MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD.AS TIME GOES BY, THEY EACH WRITE THEIR OWN LULLABY OF A MOTHER'S LOVE, SINGING IN TUNE TO THE GENTLE SNUFFLES OF THEIR NEW-BORN'S, AND BEYOND. NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHICH EXPERIENCES IN LIFE WILL SHAPE THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN, MAKING TREASURED MEMORIES FOR THEIR BABIES BECOMES AN OVER-ARCHING AIM FOR THEM ALL.SET IN WEST LONDON, AND SPANNING ACROSS TWO WORLD WARS, FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS BOTH MOVING AND HUMOROUS. IT GIVES A INSIGHT INTO HOW WOMEN VIEWED THEIR OWN "DOMESTIC WAR EFFORTS" AS THEY ALSO BATTLED TO PROTECT AND NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURES. RATION BOOKS, AIR RAIDS AND EVACUATIONS THREATENED TO FRACTURE THE VERY ESSENCE OF THEIR FAMILIES. WOMANHOOD SEEKS THEM OUT AMONGST THE RUBBLE OF THEIR LIVES AND THEY EACH DEVELOP RESILIENCE STRONG ENOUGH TO USE THE SCATTERED BRICKS TO BUILD THE STRONGEST AND SAFEST FUTURE THEY CAN. FOUR LEAF CLOVER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE YOU TO TEARS OF SADNESS AND ADMIRATION. YET, EQUALLY, THE SENSITIVE SPRINKLING OF HUMOUR WILL BRING YOU TEARS OF AMUSEMENT AND LAUGHTER.