The Shack

About the Book

Two worlds collide when Caroline Connaught (Carrie) and Charlie Jones meet by a bench in a pub garden. Not much is known about Charlie’s background. Carrie is orphaned during World War II and raised by an aunt, going on to win a place at Oxford University. Having graduated during the post-war gloom with not too many job prospects, we join Carrie and Charlie as they embark on a life together on the East Coast, which gives them three children and an adopted shack facing the North Sea. Charlie converts the shack into something resembling a holiday home. Carrie home tutors all three of her children and works as a curator in the local Maritime Museum. Theo, her eldest son, is quite brilliant; Phoebe is our drama queen; and Jack is the youngest and doesn’t really have the drive and ambition of his siblings. Their lives are a mishmash of fun and laughter coupled with hard work and dedication. They were never going to set the world on fire, but they would have a jolly good try.

About the Author

This is Jeanette’s debut novel. She has previously written her autobiography Ice Cream on Thursdays (published January 2014) which proved to be very successful and would hope this fictional work will follow suit. Having been widowed in 2002, Jeanette moved to Bampton in Oxfordshire. She has three daughters and three grandchildren.