Somerset creator celebrates launch of second Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies ebook
Might Ellis, lives “in sight of Glastonbury Tor” and likewise writes below the identify Alison Knight. She launched the primary ebook within the sequence The Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies at Warfare in March, and the second ebook, Braveness for the Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies, can be out there from June 29.
The story is primarily based on characters working within the shoe manufacturing unit in Avenue initially of the First World Warfare and follows three younger girls via the battle years.
Might stated: “That is my seventh revealed novel [The Clarks Factory Girls at War]. It’s my most profitable so far, because of the efforts of my new writer, Boldwood Books. Within the first three weeks, almost three thousand copies had been offered.”
The ebook has been purchased by readers in Australia, Canada and the US in addition to the UK. She believes that the worldwide enchantment of the internationally-recognised Clarks shoe model has helped.
Might added: “I’ve additionally had a tremendous quantity of help from the folks of Avenue, who’ve helped me with my analysis and proceed to cheer me alongside as I write the remainder of the sequence.”
About 120 folks attended her ebook launch on the Avenue Quaker Assembly Home in March, which the creator stated was “fairly overwhelming.”
Attendees included previous and current staff of Clarks in addition to members of the Clark household and the Chairman of Avenue Parish Council, Mr Bryan Knickerbocker.
The Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies at Warfare covers the lives of the ladies from 1914-1915. The following ebook within the sequence, Braveness for the Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies, continues the story into 1916, when conscription into the armed forces was launched
Might stated: “The second ebook is an actual tear-jerker. It displays the struggles and losses of unusual women and men throughout the Nice Warfare.
“Whether or not a household had sons, brothers or husbands preventing within the trenches, or had been – like many pacifist Quakers in Avenue – making an attempt to guard their proper to comply with their religion by refusing to take up arms towards one other human being, all of them confronted troublesome occasions.”
Might can be on the Frome Small Publishers Truthful on Saturday July 6 with copies of her books. She may also be the visitor speaker at Wells Library at 10.30am on Wednesday July 10.
Her work is way from over – the third ebook within the sequence is at present together with her editor and is due out later this 12 months. Within the meantime, she has signed a brand new six-book contract with Boldwood Books.
Might added: “I’m going to busy till the top of 2026, by which period I’ll have had 9 books revealed by Boldwood in three years.
“I’m nearly to start writing the fourth Clarks Manufacturing facility Ladies ebook, which can take the characters to the top of the battle.
“I’m additionally doing analysis for my subsequent sequence, which can be set in Somerset within the Second World Warfare. I like what I do and am thrilled that readers appear to love these tales.”
