One Week in August: A 1950s’ romantic saga

By Margaret Thornton

From one of the genre’s best-loved names, a charming tale of friendship and romance, happiness and heartbreak.

August, 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boarding house before she heads off to university. When Val and Cissie, both from Walker’s woollen mill in Halifax, come to stay for a week, the three young women form an instant friendship.

When they attend a local dance at the Winter Gardens, the events of that evening will change all their lives, both for better and for worse. Romance beckons for all three girls – but can a holiday fling ever lead to something deeper? As autumn approaches, the three friends discover that life doesn’t always turn out as one would expect – and the course of true love never did run smooth …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Severn House Digital
• Release date: Dec 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781780107165

Margaret Thornton

Margaret Thornton was born in Blackpool, England, and has lived there all her life. A retired teacher, she is the author of more than twenty-five much-loved sagas, all set in the north of England.