Jenny Oldfield – författare

När Morgan skickas iväg till sin mosters boskapsfarm Tre hästskor i USA över sommaren är det mest för att hon ska få lite distans till alla problemen där hemma. Livet på farmen är tufft, men snart märker Morgan att hon faktiskt passar in. Samtidigt har hon kvar sin rebelliska sida, och när hon möter den skygga vildhästen Stjärnöga skapas ett band mellan dem som hon inte hade väntat sig.

En lättläst bok för hästintresserade!

Jenny Oldfield''s second novel returns to the familiar residents of Paradise Court in London''s East End and finds them picking up the pieces of their lives after the First World War.Duke Parsons resolutely serves his customers long after last orders are called - until a court order brutally spells out the end of an era at the Duke of Wellington.And what of other members of the Parsons family - Ernie and Rob, Jess and Maurice, and Sadie, now a spirited and beautiful young woman, battling for her independence? The rules of life in this close-knit community have always been simple. While Sadie''s headstrong nature catapults her and the family into heartache and ultimately tragedy, the rest of Paradise Court joins forces to reinstate Duke in his rightful place behind the bar, regardless of how unconventional the means.

''Suddenly into the silence of Duke Street came an ear-splitting wail. It rose from a deep groan, gaining volume, whining overhead, penetrating the courts and alleys at the heart of London''s East End.''They were at war with Germany . . .Yet as the horror of the Blitz tests the indomitable East End spirit to its limit, life goes on much as before, Annie, Hettie and George keep the Duke of Wellington open amidst almost daily bombings, a haven of normality for all their friends. Tommy O''Hagan struggles to hide a secret and forbidden love - until disaster looms; Sadie and Walter Davidson try to adjust as they send their young sons off on the evacuees'' train from Waterloo; and Sadie''s daughter Maggie, spirited, beautiful and sixteen, falls in love for the first time, setting off a chain of events even she could never have dreamt of.The third book in Jenny Oldfield''s compelling series brings the hardship and warmth of life in the East End during the Blitz achingly to life.

In its tiny corner of the East End, life in Paradise Court is often hard, but never dull. At its heart, the Duke of Wellington, Wilf Parsons presides behind the bar as a pillar of cohesion and strength. In spite of the ever-increasing reality of war, to ''Duke'', his large, motherless brood of six, and other local families, everyday dramas in the Court still take greater precedence.Paradise Court marks the start of an unforgettable saga of life in London''s East End - a glorious, heart-warming story of ordinary people set against the backdrop of the Great War, ending in breathtaking suspense as life is held, literally, in the balance . . .