Books with author Joan Walmer Neill

This story was inspired by a trip to the supermarket to purchase vanilla ice cream requested by her three young daughters. The chest freezer held some strange seasonal combinations but no vanilla. As the Pumpkin Carmel Ripple flavor was mentioned, the girls all made disgusting noises and faces so this story developed to make the most disgusting combination of flavors that any child, or adult for that matter, could image. The final twist to that day was going home and making Kick-the-can ice cream. It was fun and much more exciting to have the girls participate. And the day was a success after all.The idea for The Amazing Tale of Bub the Trier was to find a character who could possibly put together strange food combinations and come out with a totally unexpected success. The final twist in this story is that something wonderful did come out of the trying.

In this, the the third part in the compelling Daisy Chain trilogy we see love blossom for our heroine, Lizzie Doyle, as she prepares to marry her childhood sweetheart, Pete Scanlon. For the younger generation, too, the past is never far behind; young Biddy Plunkett finds that a chance encounter with old flame, Anthony Quinn, changes her life for ever. And though John Doyle's long-lost father, Paul, is finally home with his wife and son, the trauma he has suffered since the war proves a bigger battle for Karen and John, and a new threat to the family's happiness lurks in the wings. But there is a happy ending, and a new beginning for the Doyle family, and their friends as the struggles and heartache of wartime look to be finally over.

This story was inspired by a trip to the supermarket to purchase vanilla ice cream requested by her three young daughters. The chest freezer held some strange seasonal combinations but no vanilla. As the Pumpkin Carmel Ripple flavor was mentioned, the girls all made disgusting noises and faces . . . so this story developed to make the most disgusting combination of flavors that any child, or adult for that matter, could image. The final twist to that day was going home and making 'Kick-the-can' ice cream. It was fun and much more exciting to have the girls participate. And the day was a success after all. The idea for The Amazing Tale of Bub the Trier was to find a character who could possibly put together strange food combinations and come out with a totally unexpected success. The final twist in this story is that something wonderful did come out of the trying.

The compelling finale to Ellie’s journey! Ellie returns to States via New York to visit Alice. Ellie promises take her to Boston as soon as she’s a bit more financially secure. Ellie returns to Boston and sets up a store of her own, helped by Zak. The store takes off and she is asked by Mr Samuel to design his new range and go to Paris. Zak who is on business in London arrives and there may be romance on the cards. Business flourishes, the designs are a wow, but Alice, who has lost patience waiting to go to Boston runs away. Ellie feels she must search for her. Johnny Sheerin comes to visit and Ellie finally has to choose. Is she meant to be with Johnny or is Zak, who’s always been there for her, the one who holds her heart?

It is 1930s rural Ireland, and after the death of her beloved father, 15-year-old Eleanor, her younger sister Alice, and their grief-stricken mother give up their farm and livelihood to live with Eleanor's aunt, a successful small-town milliner. Ellie is now free to indulge her longing to explore the world, to go to college and learn, earn her own living, perhaps to follow in her aunt's footsteps and learn a creative trade. Eventually, Ellie and her aunt persuade her mother to send her and Alice to America, to live with their uncle and his wife in their guest house in Manhattan. But, soon after arriving it is clear that Ellie will be nothing but a glorified slave in her uncle's house, working all hours cleaning, washing, and running errands. Ellie despairs when Alice is singled out for education and sent to school, while Ellie stays at home to be taunted by her educated teenage cousin .One night, Ellie decides to make a run for it. She packs her bag and boards a train to Boston, where Violet, a rich girl she met on the boat trip from Ireland, lives. Ellie hopes that with Violet's help she can fulfill her dreams—even it means leaving her family behind.

The compelling finale to Ellie’s journey! Ellie returns to States via New York to visit Alice. Ellie promises take her to Boston as soon as she’s a bit more financially secure. Ellie returns to Boston and sets up a store of her own, helped by Zak. The store takes off and she is asked by Mr Samuel to design his new range and go to Paris. Zak, who is on business in London, arrives and there may be romance on the cards. Business flourishes, the designs are a wow, but Alice, who has lost patience waiting to go to Boston, runs away. Ellie feels she must search for her. Johnny Sheerin comes to visit and Ellie finally has to choose. Is she meant to be with Johnny or is Zak, who’s always been there for her, the one who holds her heart?