Audrey Howard
Author of A Time Like No Other
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- Canonical name
- Howard, Audrey
- Other names
- Howard, Audrey
- Birthdate
- 1929
- Gender
- female
- Short biography
- Audrey Howard was born on 1929 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, and grew up in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, where she lives in her childhood home.
Before she began to write she had a variety of jobs, among them hairdresser, model, shop assistant, cleaner and civil servant. In 1981, while living in Australia, she wrote the first of her bestselling novels published since 1984. In 1988, her novel The Juniper Bush won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
St-Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, England, UK
Australia - Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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I actually ended up enjoying "Shining Threads". At the start I hated Tessa Greenwood and her two cousins. They were shallow, self-absorbed, entitled and obnoxious. In fact, the whole book reminded me of "Gone with the Wind", both novels being epic family sagas with a sweeping love story; a conceited, unlikeable female protagonist, fortunes lost, devastation and interesting secondary characters. While I never totally warmed to Scarlett O'Hara, I did with Tess. She grew from a spoilt, show more materialistic teenage brat who deliberately used her female charms to get her own way, to a woman of strength and compassion. When Tessa was reduced to nothing with the death of her husband and the loss of the cotton trade, she started to rebuild from the ashes with determination, intelligence and strength of character. Like Scarlett, she was a survivor
All the characters in "Shining Threads" were vivid and I couldn't get them out of my head despite disliking many of them. However, my favourite was Will Broadbent. He did annoy me on occasion but he was swarthy, hard working and dashing, and swept young Tessa off her feet. Like Scarlett and Rhett, Tessa and Will's relationship was turbulent and addictive. He knew Tessa for who she really was, and still love her.
The pictures of the cotton mills and the moors where Tessa and her cousins loved to ride were lush and vibrant. However, there were times where the descriptions were lengthy and it would have been better had the author used fewer words.
Despite the slow start, and nearly 600 pages, I found "Shining Threads" very entertaining and by the midway point I was totally captivated in the lives of Tessa, Will and the others. show less
All the characters in "Shining Threads" were vivid and I couldn't get them out of my head despite disliking many of them. However, my favourite was Will Broadbent. He did annoy me on occasion but he was swarthy, hard working and dashing, and swept young Tessa off her feet. Like Scarlett and Rhett, Tessa and Will's relationship was turbulent and addictive. He knew Tessa for who she really was, and still love her.
The pictures of the cotton mills and the moors where Tessa and her cousins loved to ride were lush and vibrant. However, there were times where the descriptions were lengthy and it would have been better had the author used fewer words.
Despite the slow start, and nearly 600 pages, I found "Shining Threads" very entertaining and by the midway point I was totally captivated in the lives of Tessa, Will and the others. show less
"The Flight of Swallows" was a good beach read. Charlotte was a strong character from the beginning, willing to protect the ones she loved and snub society to set up a home for 'fallen' girls. In a time where women were treated as adornments, I admired her determination and conviction, although it annoyed me how she put her young brother before her husband, especially at the start of the novel.
Another enjoyable story by Audrey Howard set during WWI. The descriptions of the conditions and injuries the soldiers endured were horrific, but the romance between Harry and Rose was touching. Even though the ending finished too neatly for my liking Softly Grow the Poppies was still a nice book to curl up with by the fire on a cold winter's day.
Doorway - Character and setting
Style - Descriptive writing which uses the vernacular in writing in order to truly portray the Liverpudlian accent just as Tim Winton does with the Australian accent.
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Set in Liverpool in the 19th century this story traces the lives and loves of Gillyflower as she overcomes the adversity of her childhood in the slums of Liverpool - Rose Alley to become a successful business woman. Gillyflower and her mother Queenie and her childhood friend and beau Jem are show more all very likeable characters. There is enough unpredicatable twists and turns in the story to make it riveting. Audery Howard does a great job in depicting the disgusting slum that is Rose Alley so much so you feel like washing. I loved it and had to read it quickly. show less
Style - Descriptive writing which uses the vernacular in writing in order to truly portray the Liverpudlian accent just as Tim Winton does with the Australian accent.
Review
Set in Liverpool in the 19th century this story traces the lives and loves of Gillyflower as she overcomes the adversity of her childhood in the slums of Liverpool - Rose Alley to become a successful business woman. Gillyflower and her mother Queenie and her childhood friend and beau Jem are show more all very likeable characters. There is enough unpredicatable twists and turns in the story to make it riveting. Audery Howard does a great job in depicting the disgusting slum that is Rose Alley so much so you feel like washing. I loved it and had to read it quickly. show less
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