The Kellys of Kelvingrove

Margaret Thomson Davis

Feb 2013 · Black & White Publishing

About this ebook

With a handsome police officer for a husband and a brand new house in a quiet, secluded street bordering Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Mae Kelly appears to have it all. But appearances can be deceptive, and Mae soon finds the demands of living at 1 Waterside Way are more than she bargained for. Glasgow in the 1970s is also proving to be a challenging place to live for some of her neighbours. All Paul Brownlee and Clive Westley want to do is live together in peace but the spiteful Reverend Denby is determined to make sure that won't happen in Waterside Way. Meantime, Charlotte Arlington-Jones and her friend Gemma Ford are bitterly opposed to having an Asian family on the street but when her own daughter falls in love with an Asian boy, prejudices on both sides will test everyone to the limit as families are torn apart. And down the road, Doris McIvor is struggling to care for her ailing mother and fears she may end up losing her own mind. As secrets are exposed and beliefs are challenged, each household on Waterside Way must face up to its problems and find new ways to survive.

About the author

Margaret Thomson Davis was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland on May 24, 1926. She left school and began a lifelong practice of observational writing. While writing stories and sketches for magazines, she worked in factories and nurseries. She wrote more than 35 novels during her lifetime including The Breadmakers, A Baby Might Be Crying, A Sort of Peace, The Dark Side of Pleasure, In Light and Dark, Goodmans of Glassford Street, and the Clydesiders trilogy. She also wrote two autobiographies entitled Making of a Novelist and Write from the Heart. She died on June 14, 2016 at the age of 90.