by Clare Flynn | May 3, 2021
The setting for Sisters at War draws on my childhood memories. My latest novel takes place in 1940-41 in the city of Liverpool, on the high seas of the Atlantic and eventually in Australia. Today, I thought I’d tell you about the area of Liverpool where Hannah and her sister Judith live in a large house, The Laurels, on Moss Lane.
by Clare Flynn | Mar 9, 2021
When I was a child I grew up on a diet of old black and white movies – standard fodder for rainy Sunday afternoons. I loved the World War 2 ones – and my favourite scenes were those that took place in secret command centres where Wrens and WAAFs pushed model planes...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 23, 2019
Yesterday I posted on Facebook about the horrible fire at the Claremont Hotel on the seafront here in Eastbourne. You can see what’s left of it this morning from this image – courtesy of East Sussex Fire and Rescue. My post prompted a question from one of...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 30, 2019
Those of you who have read Storms Gather Between Us will know that several crucial scenes are set at the beach or in and around the dunes between Seaforth Sands and Crosby, Liverpool. I wrote the scenes largely from my childhood memories of Waterloo sands, Crosby. As...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 23, 2019
About three years ago, when I was writing The Chalky Sea, I read as much as possible about the impact of the Second World War here in my home town of Eastbourne. I wanted my main character, Gwen Collingwood, a childless married woman whose husband has gone to war, to...
