Three years ago, Joy Pentire lost her firefighter husband
and she still hasn’t returned to the woman she once was. But then she meets
Hope, one of the residents at the nursing home where she’s a carer.
Hope has a secret gift that she wants to pass on.
And Joy’s life is forever changed.
Surrounded by the community in her Cornish hometown, Joy’s
unexpected inheritance soon leads to new opportunities, new friends, new love,
and the part of herself she’d thought forever lost … her joy.
What did I think?
I loved the cover of this book and I love books set in Cornwall so despite Amanda being a new author to me I was thinking I was onto a winner.
A story of new beginnings, of hope and emotions. I think you have to be a special sort of person to work in a care home setting (my Mum is in one and I know how hard the staff work) so I knew I would like Joy. And I did.
It is a delightful heart warming story and will lift your spirits.
I will definitely be reading more by this author.
Amanda James has written since she was a child, and as an
eight-year-old, she asked her parents for a typewriter for Christmas. She never
imagined her words would ever be published however. Then in 2010, after many
twists and turns, the dream of becoming a writer came true when she had her
first short story published for a Born Free anthology. She left teaching in
2013 to pursue her dream full-time.
Originally from Sheffield, Amanda now lives in Cornwall and
is inspired every day by the wild and beautiful coastline near her home. She
has many suspense novels set there, but her last few books have been uplifting
in nature with a twist of magic. She loves writing feel-good reads and has
decided the world needs more joy in it right now, and her plan is to write many
more novels in that genre. Amanda can usually be found playing on the beach
with her family, or walking the cliff paths planning her next book.
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