I was fortunate, recently, to be able to interview Judith Barrow on Zoom and thanks to Showboat TV‘s assistance, we recorded it. In case you missed it, here is the transcript.

Thorne
I am chatting with my friend and fellow author Judith Barrow, who has published five books so far: the Howarth family trilogy with the prequel, A Hundred Tiny Threads, and a more contemporary one, The Memory, which came out last year. Now she has a new novel, The Heart Stone.
So, Judith, tell us about the new book.

Judith
It’s an historical family saga, set between 1914 and 1922. It’s a love story, a life story, a bit gritty I’m told, and it’s the story of a young couple who have to grow up very fast in a time of great turmoil. They are Jessie and Arthur, and they are both sixteen when…