Deborah Carr

Island at War

A moving historical novel inspired by the German occupation of the Channel Islands during WW2. This is a story of courage, resilience and everyday acts of defiance from ordinary people forced to live in an extraordinary time.

An Island at War

The Poppy Field

Poppy Sisters

Two women Two wars A secret that threatens to tear them apart

The Beekeeper’s War

Four years. Four lives changed forever. November 1914 When Freddie Chevalier's best friend, Charles, joins the cavalry and sets off to fight in the Great War he can't help feeling he's missing out. Until the war he enjoyed his bucolic existence working on his parent's farm on the island of Jersey, but now he yearns for excitement. He's always harboured a secret passion for Charles' fiancee, Meri. She's 'The Girl'. The one he loves but can't have. Nothing compares to the guilt he feels when Meri comes to stay at his home on her way to France and he betrays Charles in the worst possible way. Can Freddie and Meri keep Charles from ever discovering what happened between them? Will Freddie ever notice Charles' younger sister, Lexi? And how will they all react when one of them is almost killed and has to cope with a life-changing injury? One thing is for certain, none of them knows the other as well as they thought. Each will be forced to take charge of their lives and find ways to live with the consequences of the choices that they and others have made. And by November 1918 everything they thought of as familiar will have vanished."

Broken Faces

It's 1914 and Lady Alexandra Baldwyn is stifled by her claustrophobic life of privilege at Somerton Hall. Desperate to be more than a debutante, she strives for excitement like her brother Charles and his best friend, Freddie Chevalier. She pleads with her parents to let her become a nurse in France, but when her father refuses to sign the papers allowing her to leave the country she must be content with driving ambulances in London and delivering the occasional supply lorry along the south coast. What she has yet to learn is that there is little glory in war. Freddie Chevalier is secretly in love with his best-friend's fiancée, Meri. When Meri discovers that Charles has been unfaithful to her, she visits Freddie's home in Jersey. The two become close and promise to keep what has happened between them a secret. It's only when the two men are fighting for survival in the trenches of Northern France that Charles discovers their betrayal. Spanning the 1914-18 war Broken Faces is about four friends, their fight for survival and how love can triumph over adversity in the most unexpected way.

Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job in the NHS. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that reveals the secret letters and heartache of Alice Le Breton, a young volunteer nurse who worked in a casualty clearing station near the front line. Set in the present day and during the horrifying years of the war, both woman discover deep down the strength and courage to carry on in even the most difficult of times.

A moving historical novel about the German occupation of the Channel Islands from the bestselling author of The Poppy Field. While her little sister Rose is sent to the UK to keep her safe from the invading German army, Estelle is left behind on Jersey to help her grandmother run the family farm. When the Germans occupy the island, everything changes and Estelle and the islanders must face the reality of life under Nazi rule.Interspersed with letters from Rose back in London, the novel is also inspired by the real life stories from the author's own family who were on the island during the occupation and is a true testament to the courage and bravery of the islanders.

The Poppy Sisters

Jeremy Freese

Elizabeth Heger Boyle

Benjamin Cornwell

Shelley Correll

Robert Crosnoe

Mary C Waters

Written by a team of internationally renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative and balanced coverage of the full range of methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the unpredictable topic of human lives while providing insights into what really happens in the field, the laboratory, and the survey call center.

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The Art and Science of Social Research    

A gripping historical novel inspired by Florence Boot, the woman behind the nation’s favourite chemist!

Mrs Boots (Mrs Boots, Book 1)

Behind every family there’s a strong woman holding them together

Mrs Boots of Pelham Street (Mrs Boots, Book 2)

The world is at war and her country needs her

Mrs Boots Goes to War (Mrs Boots, Book 3)

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling relationships. But there are also millions of people over 65 who struggle with poverty, chronic illness, unsafe housing, social isolation, and mistreatment by their caretakers. What accounts for these disparities among older adults? Sociologist Deborah Carr’s Golden Years? draws insights from multiple disciplines to illuminate the complex ways that socioeconomic status, race, and gender shape the nearly every aspect of older adults’ lives. By focusing on an often-invisible group of vulnerable elders, Golden Years? reveals that disadvantages accumulate across the life course and can diminish the well-being of many. Carr connects research in sociology, psychology, epidemiology, gerontology, and other fields to explore the well-being of older adults. On many indicators of physical health, such as propensity for heart disease or cancer, black seniors fare worse than whites due to lifetimes of exposure to stressors such as economic hardships and racial discrimination and diminished access to health care. In terms of mental health, Carr finds that older women are at higher risk of depression and anxiety than men, yet older men are especially vulnerable to suicide, a result of complex factors including the rigid masculinity expectations placed on this generation of men. Carr finds that older adults’ physical and mental health are also closely associated with their social networks and the neighborhoods in which they live. Even though strong relationships with spouses, families, and friends can moderate some of the health declines associated with aging, women—and especially women of color—are more likely than men to live alone and often cannot afford home health care services, a combination that can be isolating and even fatal. Finally, social inequalities affect the process of dying itself, with white and affluent seniors in a better position to convey their end-of-life preferences and use hospice or palliative care than their disadvantaged peers. Carr cautions that rising economic inequality, the lingering impact of the Great Recession, and escalating rates of obesity and opioid addiction, among other factors, may contribute to even greater disparities between the haves and the have-nots in future cohorts of older adults. She concludes that policies, such as income supplements for the poorest older adults, expanded paid family leave, and universal health care could ameliorate or even reverse some disparities. A comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of later-life inequalities, Golden Years? demonstrates the importance of increased awareness, strong public initiatives, and creative community-based programs in ensuring that all Americans have an opportunity to age well.

Social Inequality in Later Life

Golden Years?

An incredible historical novel inspired by the true story behind the Boots empire.

Deborah Carr

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