Why a Booktrail?
2000s: St Nicholas Bay….a place to recover or look back into the past?
Somebody Else’s Boy
What you need to know before your trail
Will Nancy and Jack be allowed to embrace the future, or will their histories forever bind them to the past?
Drama teacher Nancy O’Brien puts her ambitions on hold to support her family, and returns to her idyllic seaside home town, St Nicholas Bay. Jack has his own reasons for heading to the Bay; a young widower desperate to come to terms with his loss, he hopes setting up home there with baby son, Toby, might just enable him to survive the future.
As Nancy and Jack become closer, not everyone is thrilled, in particular Toby’s grandmother, who can’t bear to see her late daughter ‘replaced’. When Fraser– the only man Nancy’s ever really loved – reappears, her living arrangements with Jack seem set for disaster.
Travel Guide
St Nicholas Bay – Broadstairs
This series is set by the sea in Kent, where the author lives with her family – She describes it as “so close to the edge of the Channel that we’re practically French”. The stories in the series feature motherhood by both conventional and unconventional routes, drawing on some of my own experiences and those she’s encountered during her career.
St Nicholas Bay is of course fictional but since it’s a haven for Charles Dickens enthusiasts as it has many old shops selling novelty gifts and ‘proper ice cream” we’ve set thebooktrail in Broadstairs since this was where Charles Dickens himself lived. There are of course the tea rooms with proper china cups and saucers around the town too. And the lovely beach!
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Somebody Else’s Boy
Author/Guide: Jo Bartlett Destination: Broadstairs “St Nicholas Bay” Departure Time: 2000s
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