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CLOVER is Michael's fourth stunning novel.
Whilst "Clover" is currently our of print in paperback format, copies can be obtained from Amazon.co.uk.
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| In his fourth novel, Michael Taylor tells the story of Clover Beckitt, her family and their struggles to turn their struggling home brew pub, the Jolly Collier, into a thriving business. Clover is surprised when her mother announces that after fifteen years of widowhood she is about to be married to a younger man. All at once, Clover finds herself with not only a new 'Pop', Jake Tandy, but a pretty new stepsister, Ramona, as well. Despite her initial fears, all seems settled in the household. Clover is permitted more freedom because of the free rein afforded to her more outgoing stepsister, and new plans for the family's brewery business promise to bring prosperity. When love blossoms with Tom Doubleday, the photographer she met at her mother's wedding, Clover feels that things have turned out just right. Then Jake's younger brother Elijah joins the business, and both Clover and Ramona find their lives changed forever. Clover is an earthy yet bewitchingly moving love story set in the Black Country, against a backdrop that features the pioneering days of aviation. A wonderful addition to the compelling Dudley sagas written by the bestselling author of Eve's Daughter, The Love Match and Love Songs. |
Hodder & Stoughton In Coronet paperback from Magna Large Print £18.99 | |||
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'You don't look comfortable, Clover,' he said and left his camera to walk over to her. He knelt down and adjusted the folds of her dress as it draped over her legs. 'Rest your head on the headrest and raise one arm languidly over your head . . . No, that doesn't seem right . . . I know, pretend you have a new ring on your finger - an engagement ring for instance - and your lover has had to go away. Now you're wistful and pining for him . . . Oh yes that's beautiful. Can you hold that while I . . .'
'Tom, can I not do that? Please? I think it would be a bad omen.' 'A bad omen?' 'Yes, you photographing me looking all heartbroken because my sweetheart has gone away.' | |||
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| One of the main characters in "Clover" is Ned Brisco, an uneducated but intelligent chap who tries to emulate the Wright Brothers in their quest for sustained manned flight in heavier-than-air machines. Those early machines evolved into biplanes that could fly at 10,000 feet at 150 m.p.h - achieved in only about 12 years. Such machines were used for reconnaissance over enemy lines during the 1st World War by both Allied and German forces. The British army's Air Corps, as it was known, was the fore-runner of the Royal Air Force. |  | |||
