![]() ![]() He believes he has been a good father and Ben, now sixteen, has never caused him any trouble. Deserted by his wife, he has raised his son, Ben, from infancy. Dave Galloway owns a jeweler's shop in a village in New York State. The Clockmaker's Wife is well paced, original and a surprisingly refreshing take on Blitz time London. The acclaimed French film The Clockmaker was based on this affecting study of a father and his teenage son, turned murderer. The dolphin streetlamps along the Embankment are shining like strings of pearls as the sinking sun outlines fluffy clouds in pink and gold the light of barges heading towards the docks gleam like fireflies on the water." "They gaze out over London, quiet in the deep blue haze of evening. Our Reading Guide for The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio. ![]() The Clockmaker's Wife is a beautifully descriptive piece of writing. Her mother Alice is in a care home and her memory is rapidly failing, Ellie wants to discover more about her mother's family and tell her about it before it is too late. Nell returns to London to discover what has happened to her beloved husband and puts herself at risk in doing so.Įllie, Nell's grandaughter, was much more relatable and the story in her timeline was equally interesting for me. ![]() Soon she settles into the rhythm of life back home but then she receives a mysterious phonecall from Arthur shortly before he goes missing. Nell returns to her parents home and finds her mother preoccupied with a house full of evacuees and her father is as surly as ever. She can't bear to leave Arthur but he has to stay in London to continue his job working on the clocks for the Palace of Westminster. Others knew me as his child, the clockmaker’s daughter. When Nell and Arthur's home is destroyed by a bomb Nell knows it is time she and her daughter Alice went back to her parents for a little while. Buy the Book Reading Groups FIND OUT MORE THE CLOCKMAKERS DAUGHTER My father called me Birdie he said I was his little bird. My interest in war novels has previously been limited to books set in Germany or experiences in various concentration camps so I found the glimpses of London during the Blitz a welcome change. He will marry his clockmaking skill with his passion for music. He is a skilled craftsman and a gifted singer. Lenz has inherited a good family name and a substantial sum. After his fathers death, Lenz doted on his mother and she on him. Thankfully, as the story progressed so too did Nell's character. Lens apprenticed to his father, a master clockmaker. Initially, I struggled to engage with Nell's character as she appeared to be nothing more than a vapid stereotype of a war era wife, apologising for not having made herself presentable before her husband got home. The Clockmaker's Wife by Daisy Wood had me hooked from the beginning. At its best, The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a captivating read at worst, it’s overpopulated. ![]()
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