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\"Saturday\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

The Saturday Letters<\/span><\/h1>\n

by<\/span><\/h1>\n

Jill Treseder<\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Saturday\"<\/a>Genre: <\/strong><\/span>Family saga<\/p>\n

Release Date: <\/strong><\/span>November 2017<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/span> <\/strong>S Books<\/p>\n

18+:<\/strong><\/span> Scenes of a sexual nature<\/p>\n

When Henrietta finds herself excluded from seeing her grandchildren, she decides to write to them to explain their Afro-Caribbean origins in slavery.<\/p>\n

She tells the story of her childhood in Bermuda, of marrying a British soldier, bringing up six children in Gibraltar and moving to England on her husband\u2019s retirement from the army. Writing the letters reveals unexpected and challenging truths about herself and her family, which give her food for reflection.<\/p>\n

Do her grandchildren ever receive the letters? And if so, how true a picture of their grandmother and family do they paint?<\/p>\n

EXTRACT<\/span><\/h2>\n

First things first. I introduce myself. I am your great-grandmother. Your grandmother, Ada, is my daughter. As you know, of course, you visit her every Saturday afternoon with your parents. I live in the house just up the hill from hers. Not the one joined on to your grandmother\u2019s house, but the next one.<\/p>\n

I should say, I did live there. Because, if my plan works out, you will be opening these letters as a young man, aged twenty-one years, and I will no longer be on this earth.<\/p>\n

BUY LINKS<\/span><\/h2>\n

Amazon UK: <\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Brvy93<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon US:<\/span> <\/strong>http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ixYCrG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

REVIEW<\/span><\/h2>\n
Imagine living within sight of your family but being cut off from them at the same time. In this poignant novella, Henrietta is faces this dilemma every day.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I loved the letters she wrote to her descendants with the hope of reuniting with them. I loved the expressions she used from her childhood in Bermuda in her correspondence. “cheese…” was a particular favourite (confirm from the glossary at the beginning of the story).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I almost got sea-sick myself as I travelled across the ocean to Gibraltar. I’ve never been but could picture it well from the author’s description. I looked up a photograph after reading the book and it was exactly like I’d envisioned.<\/div>\n
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Do the intended recipients ever see the Saturday letters? To find out, you’ll have to read the book.<\/div>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Saturday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jill Treseder was born in Hampshire and lived all her childhood in sight of the sea on the Solent and in Devon, Cornwall and West Wales. She now lives with her husband in Devon overlooking the River Dart.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Bristol with a degree in German, Jill followed careers in social work, management development and social research, obtaining a PhD from the School of Management at the University of Bath along the way.<\/p>\n

Since 2006 she has focused on writing fiction.<\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/span> <\/strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jill.treseder<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter:<\/span><\/strong> https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jill_Treseder<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodreads Author Page: <\/span><\/strong>https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7919007.Jill_Treseder<\/a><\/p>\n

Blog:<\/span><\/strong> http:\/\/www.jilltresederwriter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author:<\/span><\/strong> http:\/\/www.jilltresederwriter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/span><\/strong> http:\/\/sbooks.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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