The Heartbeat Of Life

Life And Love At Mulberry Lane by Rosie Clarke is the most delightful historical novel that entertained me from the start.

The action is set in 1961 as we follow residents of Mulberry Lane in London. It is a time of opportunity as new ventures are opening up. We also travel to the south coast to accompany the life guards there.

Foreign travel is on the horizon. The world appears to be shrinking as planes become accessible for ordinary folk.

We hear of the brutality in Alabama as Martin Luther King jr leads peaceful protests for equality. The people are met with cruelty and violence. A huge heart from London is not used to the laws of segregation, seeing only people in need of help. She cannot stand by and do nothing but there are terrible consequences.