Horstead Books is the imprint of Ninette Hartley.
New Book – out March 20th 2024 and will be available to buy on Amazon
It’s March 1941 at the shirt factory in Ridley, Yorkshire. Ness is a typist in the office, and her friend Eileen works as a seamstress on the shop floor. Nobody could have imagined the consequences when as a result of a prank Eileen plays on her friend, Ness’s name and address ends up in the pockets of two shirts destined for Royal Navy personnel on active service.
The fallout from Eileen’s action takes Ness on a challenging, life-changing journey where she must develop her talent for dressmaking and acquire the skills needed to run a business. It is not easy during wartime, when money is short, clothes rationing is widespread and negative attitudes prevail. Can she win through?
Dear Tosh is the first publication. Loose Ends Ninette Hartley’s debut novel is due to be published at the beginning of March 2024.
About Dear Tosh
Graffiti was Tosh’s passion, and one slip, while out scouting for a site, cost him his life.
For the tenth anniversary of his death, his mother writes him twenty-seven letters; one for each year that he lived. She tells him things she did not have the chance to say when he was alive, talks about his childhood and teenage years, and brings him up to date with what has happened in the family since he left. Going back ten years, reliving the days around the fatal accident, she tells him what that time was like for her.
Dear Tosh is a mother’s story of love, grief and acceptance.
