Of THE FLITHER PICKERS - 'A gritty, touching novel of the North Yorkshire coast' the Guardian
'A most distinguished novel which is also a convincing piece of historical reconstruction'
Marcus Crouch - Junior Bookshelf
Of THE HERRING GIRLS - 'Utterly absorbing' Michael Morpurgo
'A good, honest, unadorned voice reminiscent of Laura Ingalls Wilder' George Hunt - Books for Keeps
Life is hard for all the close-knit fishing families on the northeast coast. Here in one volume are two of Theresa Tomlinson's gripping novels about the fisher folk of Sandwick Bay, in which the sea and the pull of the tide ultimately shape all their destinies.