Joy's father came from Filey and married Gladys Jordan, a descendant of the Jordan farming family in nearby Reighton. Since retiring, Joy has spent time researching the parish records, local archives and the social and farming history of the area; this research has provided the inspiration for the series of novels set in the early 18th century.Joy lives with her partner in Hornsea on the East Yorkshire coast, and continues to find inspiration by walking along the cliffs and beaches in all weathers.
This is an unflinching portrayal of life in a coastal Yorkshire village three hundred years ago with its folk lore, old farming methods, superstitions and traditional remedies.
Mary Jordan shares her damp, chalkstone cottage in Filey Bay with five growing boys and an unsympathetic...
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