Showing posts with label Hazel Gaynor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hazel Gaynor. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Aloha to Hazel Gaynor and THE GIRL FROM THE SAVOY

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Reminder: I have a special giveaway to celebrate June at this link.

Presenting a dazzling new historical novel … The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.

Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown …

Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life.

When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London’s grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz and rebellion. Right now, she must exist on the fringes of power, wealth and glamor—she must remain invisible and unimportant.

But her fortunes take an unexpected turn when she responds to a struggling songwriter’s advertisement for a ‘muse’ and finds herself thrust into London’s exhilarating theatre scene and into the lives of celebrated actress, Loretta May, and her brother, Perry. Loretta and Perry may have the life Dolly aspires to, but they too are searching for something.

Now, at the precipice of the life she has and the one she longs for, the girl from The Savoy must make difficult choices: between two men; between two classes, between everything she knows and everything she dreams of. A brighter future is tantalizingly close—but can a girl like Dolly ever truly leave her past behind?


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In addition to writing historical fiction, I also write a popular guest blog, Carry on Writing, for national Irish writing website writing.ie where I share my thoughts and experiences of the writing process, and also offer tips and advice. I’ve also been lucky enough to interview lots of amazing authors for the site, including Philippa Gregory, Sebastian Faulks, John Boyne, Cheryl Strayed, Kate Mosse and Rachel Joyce, among others. I also share writing tips and advice on the Women Writers website.

Originally from Yorkshire, England, I now live in Ireland with my husband, two children and our cat. Life is slightly chaotic, but always interesting!

Learn more about Hazel and her books at hazelgaynor.com.

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Aloha to Hazel Gaynor and THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME - A Novel of the Titanic


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The RMS Titantic was completed on Apirl 2, 1912.   She began her maiden voyage on April 10 from Southampton.  On April 15, the largest ship of its time sank 2 hours after hitting an iceberg.   One hundred and two years later, the Titantic still fascinates.   She is the inspiration for Hazel Gaynor's THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME:

Ireland, 1912. Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, the sweetheart she left behind. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives. Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terrible night ever again.

Chicago, 1982. Adrift after the death of her father, Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next. When her Great Nana Maggie shares the painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic, the revelation gives Grace new direction—and leads her and Maggie to unexpected reunions with those they thought lost long ago.


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Hazel Gaynor is a novelist and freelance writer in Ireland and the UK. Her writing success has been featured in The Sunday Times Magazine and Irish Times and she has also appeared on TV and radio.

Originally from North Yorkshire, England, Hazel now lives in Ireland with her husband, two young children and an accident-prone cat.

Website:  hazelgaynor.com
Facebook: link
Twitter:  @HazelGaynor

Hazel's publisher, William and Morrow, is sponsoring a Titantic giveaway ....