The Fountain Pen is a wonderfully evocative short story merging the inherited memories from mother to daughter using an old fountain pen as the catalyst. The modern day daughter sees her mother's experiences during the second World War in Holland whenever she uses the pen and senses the chilling fear of being suspected by an occupying German soldier whom she might have liked in different circumstances. The story is bitter sweet, involving two young friends, the fear of being discovered as a spy in war time and a friendship that might have been. A great short story that has the potential to evolve into a much longer book.
"Incredible" may seem a bit strong a word for a book, but believe me, it's not. Carol Hedges has tackled one of the hardest topics for an author - adolescence and the trauma of growing up. Her heroine, Annie, whose father was originally from Norway, now lives in England and finds it difficult to fit in. The apparent suicide of one of her schoolmates shocks her and when she looks into the circumstances she suspects that all may not be right. What she finds saddens her. The characters are beautifully developed by Carol who makes each one of them very real, both in the way they react to very difficult situations and in the way they interact with each other. Carol obviously… Read more
Tertia and Unita (the 2 girls who are the mainstays of the Agency) once again travel through time to try to save Arthur from almost certain death and Camelot from obliteration. Someone has stolen Excalibur, Arthur's sword, and without it the king is powerless. Without giving away the plot, the story takes the girls and the rest of the Agency to Shakespeare's London, Egypt and ancient Rome where they meet the thief and do battle with him and his thugs. The book is full of adventure, surprises and above all, it's full of humour.
