Terrific - beautifully written. The book twinkles. A well-crafted and satisfying story' Maisie Thomas Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads. As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it’s time for the girls to move on. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Annie Clark

But their good fortune is fraught with complications when sister Ruby Randolph decides to have her last hurrah, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake. It makes me so mad when I see Grimsby and Cleethorpes represented in a negative way. There isn’t a town in the country that doesn’t have its positives as well as its negatives," she said. an evocative, busy, entertaining read, which has well balanced touches of humour, vying with angst, and of course, more than a dollop of tension.' Margaret Graham, Frost Magazine you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Annie Clark An absorbing and poignant saga. I loved it from the very beginning and would highly recommend it...' Elaine RobertsShe said she considers Grimsby and Cleethorpes to have a "warmth and welcome" that is very special, along with residents who are kind and helpful. Tracy has used Cleethorpes as the setting for her book series, The Seaside Girls (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford) A successful author who was born and bred in Cleethorpes and lived at the Pier Hotel has returned to the area to promote her bestselling books, all of which are set in the beloved resort she called home and which holds many happy childhood memories.

She now lives in Dorset with her family, but has many happy memories of her hometown (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford) Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future. A charming, heart-warming saga about ambition, hard work and courage in the cut and thrust of a world often driven by jealousy and spite’. Rosie Clarke The writer, who now lives in Dorset, was inspired to write her book series, The Seaside Girls, by her childhood living in the heart of Cleethorpes, just a stone's throw away from the beach. But where Alec goes, so does his widowed mother, Dorcas and she has trouble coming to terms with taking second place in her son’s life.

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Through her father's connections Jessie finds work as a Variety Girl in a new show at the Empire in Cleethorpes, a small seaside theatre on the east coast. But taking the job means flying solo and leaving her family and her sweetheart, Harry behind. Cleethorpes 1939: With the country teetering on the brink of war everyone faces an uncertain future. Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads. All the seaside girls have their own battles to fight. And while they figure things out it’s time for them to do their bit for the war and keep Britain smiling. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Milly Adams Margate Pier in Kent, England. Source: fiveminutehistory.com. Colorized print of an 1895 photograph of the

She would stop and chat to almost everyone - or it seemed like that when I was a child. I can hear the voices of her and her friends and they come through in characters like Lil, the landlady of the Fishermen’s Arms and Joyce who owns the café.As well as being inspired by the location, Tracy said she took inspiration from people she knew as a child in Grimsby and Cleethorpes to influence the characters in her books.