A thrilling novel set in NEW YORK / USA
GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of Every Shade of Happy by Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL
28th August 2022
We are delighted to offer 3 copies of Every Shade of Happy by Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL
Heartwarming and uplifting, Every Shade of Happy will make you laugh, cry and want to call your grandfather. Perfect for fans of Marianne Cronin and Hazel Prior.
Algernon is at the end of his life.
His granddaughter is at the start of hers.
But they have more in common than they think…
Every day of Algernon’s 97 years has been broken up into an ordered routine. That’s how it’s been since the war, and he’s not about to change now.
Until his 15-year-old granddaughter arrives on his doorstep, turning Algernon’s black-and-white life upside down. Everything from Anna’s clothes to the way she sits glued to her phone is strange to Algernon, and he’s not sure he likes it.
But as the weeks pass, Algernon is surprised to discover they have something in common after all – Anna is lonely, just like him. Can Algernon change the habits of a lifetime to bring the colour back into Anna’s world?
Phyllida wrote about CORNWALL in our #TalkingLocationWith… feature
HOW TO ENTER
- You need to be a member of TripFiction. Simply go to tripfiction.com and scroll down to the JOIN NOW tab. And we do check!
- It’s all about CORNWALL, so let’s start the chat. Who’s been? Where do you recommend to visit? Have you read a good book set in the county? Leave your thoughts in the COMMENTS BELOW by Saturday, 10 September 2022. The first three names chosen at random will be sent a copy each of the novel. UK ONLY.
Join Team TripFiction on Social Media:
Twitter (@TripFiction), Facebook (@TripFiction.Literarywanderlust), YouTube (TripFiction #Literarywanderlust), Instagram (@TripFiction) and Pinterest (@TripFiction)
Please wait...
WINNERS:
petmad53
Kayleigh Millen
Fiona Struthers
I’ve stayed in a little cottage in the Camel Valley near Bodmin. It’s a great place to base yourself so you can explore the area.
Porthleven is simply beautiful and, perhaps more importantly, the trifle icecream from one of the cute little shops is the best thing I’ve ever tasted!
I have never been to Cornwall, but I would like to spend a holiday there at some stage. I saw Cornwall on television recently and I was amazed about blue the sea was: a Mediterranean colour blue!
We used to go nearly every year when we were growing up but not being for a few years. St Ives is truly beautiful
Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher is set in Cornwall in the 1700’s 1800’s
I always recommend Polperro which is near to Deerpark in the south-east of Cornwall, and is everything you imagine a beautiful Cornish harbour village to be.
St. Nectan’s Glen, near Tintagel on the north Cornwall coast which is stunning!
I recommenced visiting the Kynance Cove which is famous for its white sands, bright blue sea, and rock stacks.
I’ve never been to the county although it is somewhere I would love to visit. My grandfather was a tin miner there like his father before him but after the latter’s death in a mining accident he moved up to Northumberland to be a coal miner.
The Ben Retallack novels by E V Thompson are set in Cornwall and are really good
Love Cornwall. Beautiful light, perfect for painting!
I have never been to Cornwall but I loved the Poldark books and I plan to reread Rebecca on my holiday which starts next week
Yes I’ve been to Cornwall and been to Bodmin Moor to where Rebecca was written, a truly great book.
id like to go to the eden project
I have been to Cornwall and did all the ‘touristy’ things, a boat over to St. Michael’s Mount, Lands End, St. Ives etc… All thoroughly enjoyed! I can’t recall ever reading a book set in Cornwall, but it’s now on my ‘Books To Read’ list.
I’ve never been to Cornwall. The last book I read set in Cornwall was Fern Britton’s The Newcomer – I was disappointed with the book.
Cornwall has so much to offer with beautiful beaches and wild moorland as well as pretty villages. I particularly love the area around the Helford River.
I have never been to Cornwall, it’s the opposite end of the country from me. I have enjoyed Fern Britton’s books which are set in Cornwall.
Would love to go to Cornwall as I believe it is very like Jersey
Daphne Du Maurier uses the Cornish locations so well in both Jamaica Inn and Frenchman’s Creek.
My favourite spot is St Just in Roseland
I love Padstow!!
I love St Ives – I have read books set in Cornwall, mostly recently I loved The Salt Path.
Who can forget Poldark by Winston Graham and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier both set in Cornwall I love the dramatic coastline so beautiful and inspiring. Sadly I have only travelled to Devon around Ilfracombe , Woolacombe and Torquay but still very different.
I would like to enter this competition
Tintagel the history,continuing further round table the castle! Fabulous
All of it is wonderful, so many different places, I love Padstow, Fowey, St Ives, Falmouth and so many more
Holywell bay is a beautiful beach just along from Newquay.
I have been to Cornwall what a beautiful place so many places to see and explore it’s absolutely gorgeous and stunning!
I have never been before but would definitely love to visit someday
I do love Padstow
I love Cornwall me try to go regularly though it’s a long drive from Scotland. There’s no part of Cornwall I don’t love but a few favourites are st Ives, port Isaac, marazion (st michaels mount) and the stunning views from Tintagel
I’ve never been, it’s at the other end of the country for me (the North East) but it’s definitely on my bucket list
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Wish I could go down from Wiltshire but I am too scared of catching COVID 19 etc as I am Vulnerable and do not want to take the chance, it could mean my death ?
I’d love to have a family holiday in Cornwall – the surfing would be great 🙂
Never been to Cornwall but hope to visit soon.
Had a afternoon tea the other week and still not sure which way is Cornwall, which is the Devon way of filling a scone – clotted cream or jam first
I would love to go to the Minack Theatre to watch a performance, how spectacular that would be.
I went when I was much younger – one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Would love to revisit someday.
My husband and I spent our Halloween wedding anniversary last year in the haunted Jamaica Inn in Cornwall. Was beautiful, lots of hiking around the Inn, but didnt see any ghosts!
I’ve never been to Cornwall but really like to one day
St Ives is beautiful 🙂
Kynance cove is so stunning
We go to Newquay each year, it’s stunning!
I’d love to go to Tintagel on a sunny day. I don’t think I’ve read any books set in Cornwall but I have been getting some ideas from the comments on this post.
Would love to visit, have only been as far as Devon and the beaches look incredible.
We went camping in Mevagissey one of the best holidays ever.
I love Bude went on a school trip and then a couple more times as a family. Covelley is my nemisis as both times i have been it has rained and i have slid and slided my way down!!
Jamaica Inn, a pint and a great novel over Bodmin Moor
I love a small fishing village called Polperro. Its so pretty and serves the best fish and chips!
I went to Cornwall as a child, but that was several decades ago! I would love to go back though!
I have visited most of Cornwall and I really love the place. St Ives is a wonderful place to visit but my absolute favourite has to be Tintagel. The beach is wonderful and walk to the castle is exciting and atmospheric as you hear the waves crashing around you. To cap it all there is a great bakery where you can watch pasties being made in front of your eyes. I love Cornwall
We used to caravan in Cornwall when the kids were small. We had some lovely holidays there visiting lots of coastal villages ( I liked Port Isaac) and loved Kynance cove. We always went at Easter when it was quieter, the weather was often lovely, but I do remember one year when it snowed
I went to North Cornwall straight after Uni – 30 years ago and had a blissful week on the beach. About time I went back!
I visited Cornwall as a kid and I remember being completely in love with the place. We had family there for a while so it was a good excuse to go but I haven’t been as an adult – I would love to take my husband there as he’s never been. Such a beautiful place.
Cornwall is so beautiful with its lovely villages and amazing coastline. I have been once would love to return
I love Cornwall. I have a wonderful childhood memories of visiting Padstow for our annual holiday back in the 1960’s/1970s. It’s still a lovely place to visit a very different to how it was then
I have not been to Cornwall for a long time but it is a lovely county. Fern Britten books set in Cornwall are good
I went to Loe in Cornwall when I was 18, and loved It.
I have not been for years but would love to visit where doc martin is filmed
All of Cornwall is beautiful and so quaint. I love the coastal walks and just sitting on the lovely beaches with a good book is bliss.
Not been but hope to as it looks like a beautiful place
I went when I was a teenager to the Haven Holiday park, it rained and a body washed up at the beach! I’ve not been back since but my bestie goes every year and she always takes lovely photos there. I would like to go again at some point.
I haven’t been myself but I do know it is where my father’s family were originally from and they owned some farms in the area.
Would love to go one day as have a good friend from there that I meet online just after my husband died and she helped me get through
My Grandparents lived in Cornwall so visits there always remind me of being a child, eating clotted cream ice cream on the beach, swimming in the sea and amazing family times. It’s a great place to make memories. I love any of the little fishing villages for an out of the way stay.
Love walking along the Cornish Coastal Path
My husband and I absolutely love Cornwall. We have been many times for holidays, both when our sons were young and since. Our favourite place is Mother Ivey’s Bay. To us it feels like we are coming home.
I love St Ives and the galleries
Love around Padstow area – foodie heaven with Rick Stein restaurant, Cornish pasties and cider to die for
It’s a long time since I’ve been anywhere let alone Cornwall. Loved Tintagel
Love Daphne du Mauriers books set in Cornwall especially Rebecca x
A wonderful visit to the Eden Project. Highly recommended.
Went to Cornwall for the first time last year loved Port Isaac
I love Newquay for families – there’s so much to do in all weathers!
Cornwall has some of the best surfing beaches in the UK. One of the best is – Bedruthan Steps (Newquay) which has a raw & spectacular landscape surrounding its surf beach making the place look like it’s straight out a Star-Trek set!
My husband is Cornish so I’ve spent a lot of time there, although always visiting family so I’ve only explored a limited area. One stunning place to visit is Porthcurno. I would love to see a performance at the Minack theatre, an open air theatre overlooking the bay there
Bodmin Moor
The last time we visited Cornwall we went to the Eden Project over 2 days, then went to a tin mine and travelled part way through the mine on a small railway. So many thing to see and do besides visiting the coast.
I am half Cornish & I have an autistic brother living in care in Cornwall, so I visit twice yearly.
One of my favourite places is Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes. I like to sit there and watch the surfers!
I have read all the Poldark books at least twice! I also enjoy Daphne du Maurier books and have taken a boat trip past her house!
I also enjoy books by Patrick Gale, who is a Cornish author!
Penzance is the destination of one of the two remaining night trains in the UK (GWR’s “Night Riviera”). Which I’ve wanted to travel on for absolutely ages (was booked on before, but along came Covid).
We are exceptionally lucky as we have just moved to Cornwall in the Tamar Valley. I have been on some wonderful walks exploring and can’t believe how breathtaking it is. Can highly recommend for walkers/hikers as away from the coast so far less busy!
Cornwall is a beautiful county. We have been many times and love The Tate Gallery in St Ives. The little narrow, winding streets of Polperro are charming.
Rosamunde Pilcher’s books are great especially the classic The Shell Seakers.
we love it in south cornwall, in fact our favourite spot is at Kynance Cove . . . it is stunning, we also love St Ives
we love it in south cornwall, in fact our favourite spot is at Kynance Cove . . . it is stunning
Ahhh sounds like a lovely read
We were lucky enough to live in Cornwall for over 5 years. My favourite place to visit is Saint Michaels Mount. My favourite book is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, but I also enjoyed reading the Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber with my two boys when they were younger. I have since visited Mousehole when they have their Christmas lights, it is the best Christmas lights, some of them are on the sea.
I’ve just come back from a week’s holiday in Cornwall. Would suggest: St Michaels Mount, Lands End, Falmouth as good places to visit.
I love Cornwall. We had a lovely time visiting Tintagel and The Eden Project. I’ve read so many cosy romances set in Cornwall.
Cornwall has plenty of lovely scenery – smashing walks along the many beautiful beaches. Enjoy the famous cream teas .
Thoroughly enjoyed reading the Poldark books and watching them set on the tv – went down the odd be mine before returning to Newquay which is a good base.
Love Padstow and Port Isaac, the Lost Gardens of Heligan are definitely worth a visit.
I love Cornwall the scenery is beautiful
St Ives, Mouseholes, Lands End a must to get the feel of ‘end of the country’
Great weather, great people, great food
I love the books by Fern Britton, her books make you feel the warmth of Cornwall
There are so many lovely places in Cornwall, be it Truro, Bodmin or Penzance. My great favourite is Mevagissey with its fishing boats and The Lost Gardens Of Heligan are nearby. I love A Cornish Summer by Catherine Alliott, a really feel good book set on the Cornish coast. It’s witty and funny with great characters.
Cornwall – I enjoyed a holiday in Port Isaac way back in 1972, before Doc Martin highlighted its charms. I remember the clifftop walks and the blustery spring weather.
The best book about Cornwall has to be Jamaica Inn. My mother treated us to lunch there and, to my shame, I behaved like a grumpy, ungrateful teenager throughout the meal. How I have wished I could turn the clock back!
Love Cornwall – just booked for next year. Pasties , st Ives , the beaches , port Isaac , cream tea
Loved The Storm by Amanda Jennings and have just brought the lamplighters by Emma Stonex
I have never been to Cornwall, but it is on my wish list
I have never been to Cornwall unfortunately, would love to visit some day, I have seen Cornwall on TV & looks amazing. The beautiful scenery also amazing food especially the cream teas
My son went and they had Breakfast cornish pasties, have you ever heard of such a thing?
I visited some 70 years ago so can’t really remember it very well! Would love to go back one day.
My fave place is Porthleven, lovely harbour, unusual shops and the best fish and chip shop followed by Kelly’s ice cream x