Rookery House is the house owned by Thea, and where expectant evacuee mother Marianne is billeted after she arrives in the village of Great Plumstead.
It’s a detached Victorian house standing on its own, just outside the village, in large grounds, and is inspired by the house I grew up in and other similar ones in the village. There’s plenty of room there for Thea and those who live with her.
For some time after I started writing The Mother’s Day Club, I didn’t have a name for the house. One day when I was walking home from the beach, past the field with cows grazing and where rooks were foraging, the name Rookery House popped into my mind and I knew that was perfect for Thea’s home.
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