Celebrations At The Toffee Factory – Glenda Young (1)

I should go. Hilda will be wondering where I am.’ She turned to leave, but Bob gripped her arm, and she cried out in pain. She shook his hand away angrily and looked at his face. His eyes had narrowed with anger. ‘You can’t walk away from me, Hetty Lawson. I won’t give up without a fight.’ 1kitap1.com/en Chapter Twenty-One Elsie found Stan’s house without a problem; it was at the end of a terraced row close to the factory.

She appraised it as she walked towards it. The windows sparkled and the door was freshly painted. And the front garden, although small, was magnificent. It was a riot of colour, with flowers spilling onto the path. She breathed in their sweet scent as she knocked on the door. When there was no reply, she opened the letter box. ‘Stan? Are you in there?’

‘Come in, Elsie,’ he replied. She pushed open the door. Despite the warm day outside, the house felt cold. ‘I’m in the back room,’ he called. Elsie walked along the hallway to a room at the back where a coal fire burned. She stood on the threshold, unsure how much further she should go. ‘I called to see if you were all right,’ she said.

She thrust her hand into her handbag. ‘And I brought the beef pie I promised. It’ll taste better if you heat it.’ She stepped forward and laid the pie in its paper bag on a sideboard. Stan was sitting at the kitchen table, in front of a large window that overlooked a garden at the back. The flowers here too caught Elsie’s eye, and she moved forward for a closer look.

‘Why, it’s beautiful,’ she said. ‘Aye, it is that,’ Stan replied. ‘My garden’s just about the only thing that gives me pleasure these days.’ His dog Patch uncurled himself from under the table and stood to attention at Elsie’s side. ‘And Patch here, of course,’ Stan added with a wry smile. ‘Sit yourself down, Elsie.

Would you like a cup of tea?’ Elsie slid into a seat at the table and began to stroke Patch’s head. ‘I’d love one, thank you. How are you feeling now?’ Stan laid his hand on her shoulder. ‘Thanks for asking, lass. It’s good to know someone cares.’ As he busied himself with a small kettle and teapot, Elsie turned to look at him properly.

‘You’ve got a bit more colour in your cheeks now,’ she said. ‘I’m feeling better, lass. Today was a one-off. It’ll never happen again.’ ‘I overheard the doc say that you weren’t eating properly,’ Elsie began softly. Stan took his time to reply, and when he did, he kept his gaze on his beloved garden.

Author photo © Les Mann Glenda Young credits her local library in the village of Ryhope, where she grew up, for giving her a love of books. She still lives close by in Sunderland and often gets her ideas for her stories on long bike rides along the coast. A life-long fan of Coronation Street, she runs two international fan websites for the show. Celebrations at the Toffee Factory is the dramatic conclusion to Glenda Young’s heartwarming Toffee Factory trilogy. As well as writing hugely popular sagas, Glenda is also the author of a series of cosy crime novels set in Scarborough featuring Helen Dexter, amateur sleuth and proprietor of the Seaview Hotel, and her trusty greyhound, Suki.

The cosy crime series was shortlisted alongside Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series and Val McDermid’s Allie Burns series for the New Kid on the Block Award for Best New Series in the Dead Good Reader Awards 2022. For updates on what Glenda is working on, visit her website glendayoungbooks.com and to find out more follow her on Facebook /GlendaYoungAuthor, X @flaming_nora and Instagram @flaming_nora 1kitap1.com/en By Glenda Young Saga Novels Belle of the Back Streets The Tuppenny Child Pearl of Pit Lane The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon The Paper Mill Girl The Miner’s Lass A Mother’s Christmas Wish The Sixpenny Orphan The Toffee Factory Girls Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls Celebrations at the Toffee Factory Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mysteries Murder at the Seaview Hotel Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel 1kitap1.com/en Praise for Glenda Young ‘Real sagas with female characters right at the heart’ Jane Garvey, Woman’s Hour ‘Saga fiction at its best .

. . I enjoyed it immensely’ Vicki Beeby ‘A lovely read, full of highs, lows, friendship and foes’ Johanna Bell ‘Will resonate with saga readers everywhere . . . a wonderful, uplifting story’ Nancy Revell ‘I really enjoyed . . . It’s well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters’ Rosie Goodwin ‘All the ingredients for a perfect saga’ Emma Hornby ‘Glenda has an exceptionally keen eye for domestic detail which brings this local community to vivid, colourful life’ Jenny Holmes ‘I found it extremely well written, and having always loved sagas, one of the best I’ve read’ Margaret Kaine ‘In the world of historical saga writers, there’s a brand new voice’ My Weekly 1kitap1.com/en About the Book The Great War has ended, but Jack’s toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its troubles are far from over.

Fun, feisty Elsie longs for freedom and excitement. Hoping to meet the man of her dreams, she spurns the attention of dependable Stan. Will she realise that what she wants and what she needs are different things? Efficient Anne takes control at the factory to change its fortunes after the war. She creates a new line of toffee.

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