Here is another book review for you. I’m so glad I have made a few spare hours a week to have the time to get back into my reading. This past week I have been engrossed in Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams by Mary Gibson. Below is my review, blog tour banner (so you can see who else is on the tour!) and giveaway to win your very own copy!
Book Description
Frank Rossi promised Matty the world. The Cockney Canary would become a world-famous movie star. As his wife, she would be one half of a power couple, feted and adored by all. But the Wall Street crash puts paid to that and as Frank becomes more violent and unstable, Matty knows she must escape and so she flees at dead of night.
Once home in Bermondsey, she goes into hiding and starts desperately looking for work. But only the hated biscuit factory, Peek Frean’s, is hiring. Then, as a secret from her past comes back to hurt her, Matty learns that Frank is on the move, determined to find her and get her back.
My Review
Matty dreams are shattered. She was promised everything in America by Frank but that didn’t happen. All poor Matty wants is out of this life. It all started well for her, singing is all she wants to do but money troubles saw her world crashing down around her. Scared and terrified of what Frank could do next she runs back to her old hometown of Bermondsey.
Here Matty knows she has to find work. Working in a biscuit factory is all there is, but needs must. Her family is around her to help her put her old life behind but Matty cannot help but to keep looking over her shoulder, wondering when Frank will reappear.
I love the way Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams is written. A story of dreams that are unfortunately broken. The author captures the atmosphere of the 1930s perfectly. The characters are well thought out and are the backbone of the story. Plus the name of the book is just scrumptious! A fantastic heartfelt read with a cup of tea and some biscuits.
I have given Bourbon Dreams and Tattered Dreams 4 out of 5 stars.
Publication Date: 12th January 2017
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Genre: Historical, Drama, Fiction
Format: Hardback
Blog Tour Schedule
Giveaway
The lovely publishers have given me two copies of Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams to give away. To enter please fill in the rafflecopter below.
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The 80’s, as I met my husband, got married and had 2 of my 3 children (the 3rd one was born in 1990)
60s looked so much fun and I love the music x
Early 1900s….I love looking at pictures from back then.
1920s. Full of style and class. And I like silent movies
The swinging 60s 😀 😀 😀
1970’s, love the music
I like the 70s music – even though it really was the decade that style forgot!
The noughties because that’s when I was living in Thailand 🙂
80s for the random clothes!
The 70’s, it was such a fun time
The 80s because they had some funky dress sense going on lol..
I have great memories of the 90’s 🙂
i loved the 70s mainly because everything was much simpler then xxx
the 60s looked so much fun
I think the nineties for me – everything just seemed to gel
Probably the 80’s, takes me back to my youth
Love the 50’snot really sure why just always been fascinated with everything from then
I think the 90’s for me as I was in my teens then 🙂 However I would love to go back to the 40’s or 50’s!
70’s the decade I fell in love and got married. Still am 43 years later!!!!
probably 70’s although i was too young to remember it, there is something comforting about the retro decor that carried over into the early 80s.
90s were fun!
Love the 50’s because of the style of clothes and the rock n roll music
I loved the 80s, dared to dress in anything we felt like wearing
I loved the 80’s for the boy bands, leather jackets and bright neon fashion!
50’s as it was an innocent time
The 1950’s the fashion was lovely
The 40s/50s the whole family values and community spirit it’s a shame it’s not the same now
The 90’s, loved the music!!
My favourite decade would have to be the 60’s. Amazing music, maxi and mini dresses, out of this world make-up and a lot of changes going on in the world. A really interesting time.
The 90’s, loved the music and loved growing up in the 90’s!
The 1950’s,. I love the fashion
The 90’s for the boybands!
The 90s I have the best memories
The 90s …my childhood years
The 80’s met my wife
The 90s when i was a teenager. Going out and meeting new friends. Discovering alchohol for the first time.
The 90s when i was a teenager. Going out and meeting new friends. Discovering alchohol for the first time.
The 80s my teenage years
love the 80’s…my childhood memories. x
I love the 80s, it makes me feel nostalgic for my childhood
The swinging 60s for crazy times!
Every decade in the last Century seems so well defined compared to the naughties where everything just seems to blend into one almighty re-hash of everything that’s gone before? I think the 60’s stand out for change but my favourite is probably the 40’s…a much simpler time when family was all important as people knew the experience of loss from the War.
The eighties….. my era !!
I love reading about the 40s. I find the war years so interesting
love the 50s because of the music and clothes
The 1920’s it all looks so elegant
The 60s, I love the music
the 80s brings back memories
1990s – best music, worst clothes!!
I love the 1940’s – great style and so resourceful, would have loved to learn lots of their hints, tips and tricks
The 80’s. Great music, Wham, Duran … we had the lot 🙂
The 90’s because it was the decade I grew up in, so I associate it with care-free times. It was also the era of the Spice Girls – what’s not to love?!
Love the 50’s, because the pace of life was slower then
Late 70s/early 80s for some of the best rock music made (although a lot of my favourites started late 60s)
50 and 60s, love the music and fashion.
The 90’s love the music
The swinging sixties, flower power, everything was so colorful & happy
love the swinging 60s
the 1950s the post war years where everyone began to enjoy a huge technological leap in modern appliances radio and tv and fashion and music changed to be less reserved
love the 80s,great movies great music and plenty of good memories too
The 1970s, when I went to University, met and married my husband, travelled halfway round the world and had my first baby. It’s when all my greatest memories were made.
Love the 90s – lots of happy memories and some of the best music and movies
i love the fashion from the 50 and 60s
50’s.. I just love the clothes and music.. I was born too late for sure!!
This one, Oh and I had a wonderful year
The 80s for the awesome music.
I love the 70s.I was in my youth
I loved the 90s – my youth!
My fave decade was the 80s
That is a hard question, but I think perhaps the 90’s
I think the 90’s as I had a ball!!!
Would have loved to have lived in the 50’s – seemed to be simpler times x
I like the 60’s as that was when I was born
I loved the 60s because it was ground-breaking in many ways.
My favourite decade is the noughties. I felt & looked my best & I met my fiancé????