This week I'm delighted to welcome Kirsten Hesketh back to my blog, this time innher new guise as saga author Kirsty Dougal. She's here to tell us why she loves the cover of her first Kirsty novel so much.
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Cover Love for Wartime on Sanctuary Lane.
Kirsten Hesketh/ Kirsty Dougal.
What a treat to be back on my friend Susanna’s lovely blog – thank you so much for inviting me to say a few words about the cover for my debut saga written as Kirsty Dougal and called Wartime on Sanctuary Lane.
As soon as I saw the cover, I fell in love with it. Believe me, this has not always been the case with my previous novels. Although all my publishers have always been very supportive in trying to get things “right,” it can sometimes feel like an uphill battle matching my vision to theirs. I was thrilled and relieved that this was not at all the case here.
I love the model the design team chose for Ruby. She looks exactly as I imagined her – determined and thoughtful – exactly like Ruby! She also bears more than a passing resemblance to my lovely 22-year-old daughter – which can only be a good thing as far as I’m concerned.
The background is spot on too – in the book, Ruby leaves service during WW1 to return home to a terraced street in the East End of London to do her bit at a local munitions factory. I love the way the design team have the factory bearing down on the street and whole scene – much as it dominates my characters’ lives. And, of course, this is a book about setting up an animal hospital, so the cover wouldn’t be complete without some of our four-legged friends. The dog – who plays a huge part in the story – is appropriately centre stage, but can you spot the little cat in the background?
I’m so proud of this story, which was inspired by my grandparents and by all the wonderful pets in my life, and I really hope that some of you might enjoy it.
What do you think of the cover?
Lots of love,
Kirsten/Kirsty
xxx
Wartime on Sanctuary Lane - link to Amazon
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