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A Wedding at Mulberry Lane

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This is wonderful historical fiction that is so character driven you'll wish these women lived on your street.  Clarke is a storyteller, which is less common than not these days.  She'll pull you into the lives and loves of Maureen, Peggy, and Janet quicker than you'd think, even if you haven't read the first book.  WWII UK was a tough place to live; these three experience some of the worst of it.  Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.  Try this one if you want a good read full of heart and hope.  I'm looking forward to the next in the series.
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Such a lovely read, clearly part of a series but that didn't affect my enjoyment at all. The characters were fun and well developed and there were lots of them which kept the story moving along. There is a lot going on in Mulberry Lane - and the backdrop of the war is a very tense addition. I will put a longer review on my website as part of the book tour in December, but I wanted to share how much I enjoyed it x
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I really enjoyed this book.  Excellent storyline and great main characters.  I would recommend this book.
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I loved the first book in this series, The Girls of Mulberry lane, and this book picks up where the women left off. I loved the sense of community in Mulberry lane and the strong female characters. I do not usually read historical fiction but the way Rosie Clarke transports the reader back into this era of London is fantastic. A very talented writer! 

Thanks kindly to Netgalley, publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book.
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Loving this series, all likeable characters and a great story line, look forward to reading the next installment.
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If you're a fan of Call the Midwife, then A Wedding at Mulberry Lane is right up your alley. Granted, you might want to read the first book in the series, The Girls of Mulberry Lane, first. 

I really enjoyed the cast of characters in this book, and the sense of community they forged. Everyone was suffering in one way or another, as most do during war, but they pulled themselves and each other up by the bootstraps and kept going. I really enjoyed reading about the European home front since I typically go for an American home front setting for WWII, and I loved picking out the nuances of English life in the 40's.

Some of the story lines were a bit far-fetched, but I didn't really mind it. It wasn't so much that they were improbable as it was that it was unlikely that everyone on Mulberry lane would have something improbable happening to them at the same time. It was fun to read about their lives, though, especially because of all of the unusual and dramatic things going on.

My biggest regret around this book is that I didn't pick up the first book before jumping into this one. You really don't have to read the first book first (I made my way through the second book just fine and the author drops lots of helpful hints), but it would have made the experience a bit better. Overall, it fell into middle ground territory for me. It was a fun quick read, and good for a bit of entertainment.
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I really enjoy reading social historical fiction and A Wedding at  Mulberry Lane did not disappoint. It was a lovely read. Peggy, landlady of the Pig and Whistle is at the centre of this story that takes place in wartime London.  She is a larger than life, friendly character but so are many in the story.  You get a sense of what it must have been like people all pulling together and helping one another out during the war. 
Peggy has to run the pub on her own as her husband has been away working for the government.  However he has been unfaithful and she has a love affair with an American soldier who then goes missing in action. Peggy discovers to her astonishment she is pregnant are 41 years old and in spite of obvious problems is happy still to have a reminder of her American lover.
Another main character in the book is Maureen,  a nurse, who is also betrayed by her original husband to be and eventually marries another nicer man. The title of the book is actually referring to Maureen's wedding.
However the story has many more characters in it and they all live in the lane which the pub is in.
I thoroughly recommend this book.
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