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2000s: Meet the characters of Fir Tree Park
The Café in Fir Tree Park
What you need to know before your trail
Maggie’s café is at the very heart of Fir Tree Park. Business is booming, her lemon drizzle is the stuff of legend, her children are happy and life is good. But she hasn’t had it easy. When her husband Clint was sent to prison, she had to raise Josh and Kelly alone. But Clint can’t hurt them now, and there’s no denying that Paolo, the Italian football coach she spies every weekend out on the green, is more than easy on the eye.
It may be summer outside, but a new arrival in Fir Tree Park sends an icy chill through the café…
Travel Guide
Fir Tree Park
The genius of the books and its setting is that Fir Tree Park is that place you’d love to go to, but aren’t quite sure where it is. Its fictional of course and in the book there’s no real sense of where it is, apart from in a town or city and that this park offers an oasis and escape from modern life.
The map takes you to a few nice parks across the country – but if you head up to Bridlington there is a caravan park named Fir Tree Park? So the real booktrail here is to find a Fir Tree Park of your very own:
“Fir Tree Park’s one of those delightful places that exudes beauty whatever the season, and I know now lucky I am to work here. I’m blessed with the opportunity to appreciate its magnificence all year round,; when the muted blanket of fallen leaves coasts the weaving paths and walkways in autumn…..and when the ice layer atop the lake sparkles with winter wonder, pretty enough to adore any Christmas card”
“But during the summer months there’s something extra special about the park. It’s abuzz with life, more so than at any other point in the year”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Café in Fir Tree Park
Author/Guide: Katey Lovell Destination: England Departure Time: 2000s
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