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Jenny
Chaplin, well known to loyal readers worldwide for her books on
Scottish social history and for her articles in the Scots Magazine
and the Scottish Banner, presents her first novel.
Jenny,
as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, is well qualified
to write her historical novels after years of research into and
writing about Scottish social history.
She
now writes her novels in her centuries old cottage on the Island
of Bute under the name Jenny Telfer Chaplin to differentiate between
her fiction and non-fiction writing.
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A
Life to Live in Glasgow
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Unmarried
mother, Meg, and her daughter Becky live in fear of the exposure
of Becky?s illegitimacy in an era when it was a social stigma
to be hidden at all costs.
Meg lives
through the trauma of the threat of Bubonic Plague in Glasgow
in 1900 and the Ibrox Disaster of 1902 when the newly built
West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous
night.
For Becky,
the years of The Great War were barely noticed, beset as she
was by her own problems. However, the trials of the Depression
Years and WWII were only too personally experienced.
Truly,
a compassionate tale of A Life to Live in Glasgow.
In
her usual inimitable style Jenny Telfer Chaplin chronicles
the lives of two women in Glasgow from the 1890s to the end
of WWII.
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The
Kinnons of Candleriggs
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An
uncompromising story of one woman's life in Victorian Glasgow.
Kate,
a chamber maid, pregnant and unexpectedly married to the son
of Irish landed gentry, expects a life fitting her husband's
status, but her husband is cut off without a penny by his
family. So, instead, as poverty-stricken Irish immigrants
considered the lowest of the low by the Glaswegians, she has
to battle religious, cultural, and social prejudice.
Told
with humour, compassion, and a keen insight into the period,
this is a first rate read.
Excerpt
Paperback
ISBN 1-904492-64-9 £9.80 eBook ISBN 1-904492-65-7
£1.00
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The
Widow of Candleriggs
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Kate
Kinnon - the Widow of Candleriggs - having buried her domineering
husband, is left struggling to support herself, her daughter,
and granddaughter in 1901 Glasgow.
With
her usual dogged determination, Kate overcomes the many setbacks
and sees her daughter Jenny established in her own home with
a loving husband.
Told
with the same wry humour and compassion as her debut novel
"The Kinnons of Candleriggs", Jenny Telfer Chaplin
again shows keen insight into the period and provides a mesmerizing,
multi-faceted read.
Excerpt
Paperback
ISBN 1-905202-22-9 £7.99 eBook ISBN 1-905202-22-9
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The
Ashes of Candleriggs
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Kate
Kinnon - The Widow of Candleriggs - having survived years
of hardship and deprivation finds that Fate isn't finished
with her yet, despite her new life of comparative luxury in
Ireland.
However,
Kate, ever the fighter, confronts and finally faces down problems
which threaten to overwhelm her in this satisfying conclusion
to the 'Candleriggs' Trilogy and the saga of the redoubtable
Kate Kinnon.
Excerpt
Paperback
ISBN 1-905202-48-2 £6.99 eBook ISBN 1-905202-49-0
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