About the book:
Janet’s first love arrives out of the blue after forty years.
Those were simpler times for them both. Sunny childhood beach holidays, fish
and chips and big copper pennies clunking into one armed bandits.
The Wells family has run the Cromer Pier Summertime Special Show
for generations. But it’s now 2009 and the recession is biting hard. Owner
Janet Wells and daughter Karen are facing an uncertain future. The show must go
on, and Janet gambles on a fading talent show star. But both the star and the
other cast members have their demons. This is a story of love, loyalty and
luvvies. The road to Cromer Pier might be the end of their careers, or it might
just be a new beginning.
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My Review:
A lovely story of a family run,
struggling theatre on the Norfolk coast. The Wells family has owned this
place for generations, and we meet Janet who is the current owner. Every year they put on a variety show called the
Cromer Pier Summertime Special, but now they are financially not able to call
in the big stars they once could, will they still pull of the same show they
used to do? Is it a case of end of the road or just the start of a whole new beginning?
I enjoyed the ‘behind the
scenes’ viewpoint of a theatre, especially being a fan of going to see a show. The
compromise of taking salary cuts and having new hires is interesting and I was
keen to see how it would all pan out. There is a more to the story than “putting
on a show” its full of love, lost love, chances and opportunity. Its about
family and isn’t just a “fluffy” sweet, little book. It’s full of drama and gives
us a solid family saga.
There is an eclectic bunch of
characters and quite a lot of them to keep track of, but they work well and are
very well written. I enjoyed getting to know and learning more about their
lives and it was interesting to see the professional, showbiz personas facing
up to real life problems. It took me a while to get going
with the book, but I was kept interested and enjoyed it. This is my first
experience of Martin Gore’s writing and I enjoyed it. I will read more.
Author Bio from Martin Gore:
I am a 61 year old Accountant who semi-retired to explore my
love of creative writing. In my career I held Board level jobs for over twenty
five years, in private, public and third sector organisations. I was born in
Coventry, a city then dominated by the car industry and high volume
manufacturing. Jaguar, Triumph, Talbot, Rolls Royce, Courtaulds, Massey
Ferguson were the major employers, to name but a few.
When I was nine year’s old I told my long suffering mother that as I liked English composition and drama I was going to be a Playwright. She told me that I should work hard at school and get a proper job. She was right of course.
I started as an Office Junior at Jaguar in 1973 at eleven pounds sixty four a week. I thus grew up in the strike torn, class divided seventies. My first career ended in 2015, when I semi retired as Director of Corporate services at Humberside Probation. My second career, as a Non Executive Director, is great as it has allowed me free time to travel and indulge my passion for writing, both in novels and for theatre.
The opportunity to rekindle my interest in writing came in 2009, when I wrote my first pantomime, Cinderella, for my home group, the Walkington Pantomime Players. I have now written eight. I love theatre, particularly musical theatre, and completed the Hull Truck Theatre Playwrite course in 2010. My first play, a comedy called He's Behind You, had its first highly successful showing in January 2016, so I intend to move forward in all three creative areas.
Pen Pals was my first novel, but a second, The Road to Cromer Pier, will be released in the Summer of 2019.
When I was nine year’s old I told my long suffering mother that as I liked English composition and drama I was going to be a Playwright. She told me that I should work hard at school and get a proper job. She was right of course.
I started as an Office Junior at Jaguar in 1973 at eleven pounds sixty four a week. I thus grew up in the strike torn, class divided seventies. My first career ended in 2015, when I semi retired as Director of Corporate services at Humberside Probation. My second career, as a Non Executive Director, is great as it has allowed me free time to travel and indulge my passion for writing, both in novels and for theatre.
The opportunity to rekindle my interest in writing came in 2009, when I wrote my first pantomime, Cinderella, for my home group, the Walkington Pantomime Players. I have now written eight. I love theatre, particularly musical theatre, and completed the Hull Truck Theatre Playwrite course in 2010. My first play, a comedy called He's Behind You, had its first highly successful showing in January 2016, so I intend to move forward in all three creative areas.
Pen Pals was my first novel, but a second, The Road to Cromer Pier, will be released in the Summer of 2019.
I’m an old fashioned writer I guess. I want you to laugh and to
cry. I want you to believe in my characters, and feel that my stories have a
beginning, a middle, and a satisfactory ending.
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