⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Second World War has recently ended and people are trying to return to some sort of normality in Worthing, West Sussex. Izzy and Linda’s father has returned from the war but is without a job, suffering from anger issues and often in the pub, returning home drunk, late at night. After one such night, and following an argument with her husband, Izzy’s mother leaves and doesn’t return.
Over the next two years, the girls are brought up by their grandparents, until one day their father comes to take them home. Izzy is desperate to find out why her mother left, whilst trying to maintain a job and support her sister and father.
As was normal in post-war Britain, it is the women who look after the house and, in the absence of a mother, this fell to Izzy. We travel along with her as she grows up, with a world of responsibility on her shoulders. Her family has fallen apart and she will do all she can to find out why and put right as much as she can.
At Home by the Sea has a diverse range of characters, some fun, some loveable and some are just downright evil. Pam Weaver’s descriptive style brings post-war Worthing to life, and I realised just how hard it would have been in the 1940s and 50s, as everyone rebuilt their lives.
I thoroughly enjoy historical fiction and every time I read a book, I learn something new. This was a lovely read and transported me to different times and into different lives.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of At Home by the Sea by Pam Weaver.
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