READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,821 The Liberty Bodice by Joy M. Lilley. Gloria Harris is born in Market Harborough in the United Kingdom, in 1922. She spends the first few years of life living with her parents and grandfather. Her siblings, an older sister and twin brothers, also share the household. The relationship… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 299 Joy M. Lilley (Joy Gerken)! Review by M Khan: 5.0 out of 5 Stars. A Heart-Wrenching Journey of Self-Discovery. Bleeds When Broken by Joy M. Lilley. Our protagonist, Fiona talks early on about her troubled childhood, revealing why she is now plagued by the dangerous habit of self-harming… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,305 Reading Age: 4-12 Years. A Boy Called Archie by Joy M. Lilley. Children’s Book. Reading Age: 4-12 Years. Archie is found to be a most unusual child. He fails to have the usual ‘Terrible Two’s’ behavorial difficulty that most young boys always seem to have. He has unusal… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,870 Figs, Vines and Roses by Joy M. Lilley. Joy M. Lilley’s first novel ‘Figs, Vines and Roses’ tells a moving tale of love and loss at the turn of the nineteenth century. In 1888 eight-year-old Issy Merryweather has a comfortable family life in Cobnut Hall, Derby. Sharing carefree… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,747 Spy and Villain by Joy M. Lilley. A physically handicapped lady, thinks she sees dastardly goings on in the house opposite to where she lives. She is convinced that the woman opposite is being abused. A Christian theme runs through this story of a spy, the lady in… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,777 Clouds by Joy M. Lilley. This story tells of a mother and daughter Judy, eight years old left to fend for themselves after father is killed in WW2. Life was hard in those post war years and mother was forced into finding unsavoury ways for their survival. They… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,810 My Aunt Peggy by Joy M. Lilley. This story written by the protagonists niece is an insight to a lady with little education or hope of achievements and success in her life. However she bucked the trend and achieved much in life. Her family loved her dearly and… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,703 With Tears In Her Eyes by Joy M. Lilley. Sequel to One Chance Encounter Moyra returns from the United States of America feeling down and unfulfilled. She had failed in her quest to find the celebrity she briefly met the year before. A bad accident gave her plenty… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,837 Strawberry Moon by Joy M. Lilley. The Patterson family leaves the U.K. to begin a new life in France. St Severin, in the Dordogne, provides the backdrop for the family’s new home and all of the life-changing obstacles they are about to encounter. Maisie, who is almost seventeen,… Continue reading
READERS/FOLLOWERS: 1,689 Time’s Pendulum Swings Again by Joy M. Lilley. Jenny is working as a nurse, when she meets Seb. She is a young woman, living with her mother and has had a strict religious upbringing. Seb is a handsome, successful surgical registrar and Jenny is incapable of resisting his… Continue reading