Sing As We Go Margaret Dickinson

A Flavour of the Book: “he threw back his head and laughed aloud, and the last few stragglers leaving the store glanced at him in surprise. To her discomfort, Kathy saw two of the women from the ground floor, their heads close together, whispering to each other as they went out…”

The Authortrek View: Kathy Burton is fed up of working on her father’s farm. It doesn’t help that her father is a sour, unpleasant man, who would have preferred to have borne a son to help with the farm, and that Kathy’s labour goes unpaid. Working in the nearest city, Lincoln, is a much more attractive prospect for Kathy when she finally wins her battle of wills with her father and resolves to leave. She’s concerned that her father may turn on her mother, but she knows that their neighbours, the Robinsons, will look out for her. Indeed, Morry Robinson even asks Kathy to marry him, but it’s a proposal that she cannot accept, as she does not love Morry, and knows from her parents’ example that a marriage without love is definitely not something that she wants. The Robinsons take no offence at her rejection of Morry, and even arrange for Kathy to live in Lincoln with Jemima, Morry’s aunt. Jemima finds Kathy a job at the department store at which she also works. However, this is Kathy’s first time at living in the big city, and she’s still quite naïve, as her head is soon turned by the handsome manager, Tony Kendall, who is notorious for having gone through several women already…Still, Tony affections for Kathy seem genuine, but there’s still one or two things that could yet come between them, such as the Second World War…

Sing As We Go is an excellent story, and Margaret Dickinson has successfully brought the era back to life. The setting and the narrative pace reminded me much of one of my favourite books, Caron Harrison’s Shades of Grey. Indeed, Margaret Dickinson could tell James Patterson a thing or two about how to pace a romance, as she always keeps the twists and turns coming at just the right speed. In addition to this, Margaret Dickinson is an expert narrator, constantly providing many hooks to which to tether her reader. Perhaps this big book does flag a bit in the middle, but things soon pick up again as Margaret Dickinson very ably sets up the reader for the big finale. Margaret Dickinson is also very good at characterisation, allowing some sympathy for even her most unappealing protagonist… Sing As We Go is a very entertaining, and thrilling read.

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