Roses of Marrakech by Rachel Clare - Book Tour
Roses
of Marrakech
Roses of
Marrakech is a breath-taking romantic fiction, set between 1944 and 2016. The
story follows 36-year-old primary school teacher, Ivy Fielding, who suffers
from a lack of self-esteem due to a facial birthmark. Her great-aunt Rose, who
has always been her main source of emotional support, has just died, leaving
her a bequest as well as her Lavenham cottage to Ivy and her mother. Ivy
discovers tragedies in her family’s past while reading her late great-aunt’s
diary, and this inspires her to fulfil a childhood dream and she jets off to
Marrakech for the summer holidays.
Set
against the backdrop of wartime Suffolk and the present-day spice-scented souks
of Morocco, Ivy follows a trail of discovery that will change her life and those
around her, forever.
But when
uncomfortable secrets of the past begin to surface, can she find the courage to
confront them, or is it easier to walk away?
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Author
Bio –
Rachel
gained a BA (Hons) in French/English at Liverpool Hope University and an MA in
Modern Languages Research at Lancaster University before training to be a
journalist. She now lives in Lancaster and teaches French in a primary school.
She has enjoyed writing stories since she was a child and coming runner up in a
Sunday Express story competition gave her the confidence to write her
first novel, Roses of Marrakech.
Whenever
I go on holiday, I always take my notebook with me. Visiting Morocco and
Lavenham a few years ago, I made notes of my impressions of the places I
visited and began writing the book when I returned”, comments Rachel. “In the book, Ivy’s
struggles with coming to terms with her birthmark are based on my own
experiences with cerebral palsy, whilst the characters, Violet and Eleanor are
based on my great-aunts who both died of TB in the late 1920s”.
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