A module on research led her to investigate the history behind her grandfather's home in Cardiff during the Victorian era. The inspiration for Rebecca's Choice came to Ms Gallacher while she was completing a Master's in Creative Writing. There is hope with these things that they can be eradicated." In a way, the time back then was similar to now. "It was a time when there was a lot of cholera around, and it features in the book a little bit – how people coped with having this terrible illness, a terrible epidemic that's a bit similar to now, I would have thought.
The novel touches on a similarly disruptive time in history, Ms Gallacher explained.
"Because of Covid, I haven't been able to come home, so it's a difficult time at the moment. The pandemic, however, has put a stop to this. Ms Gallacher says she often comes back to visit her mother who still lives in Mumbles. "I've got really lovely memories of Mumbles and my house here is full of pictures of it." When I was a teenager, I always used to walk up and down that route and think about the railway," she said. "I used to walk around where the old railway ran. Mumbles, however, has always been close to her heart. After studying for a business degree, she worked as a systems analyst before moving to Paris, where she became an English teacher.Īfter having her first child, she and her husband decided to move to Zurich and have been living there for over 20 years. Ms Gallacher lived around the corner from Norton House before she moved away to college when she was 18. Mumbles, and other locations in South Wales, serve as a backdrop to the romance. One man will save her from destitution, while another offers her love and excitement. Gwilym Llewellyn, her husband's trusted friend and advisor meets Rebecca to offer her a solution, but when she finds her passion led in another direction, she is left with a choice. Rebecca's Choice, set in 1887, tells the story of widowed Rebecca, who is left penniless after her late husband's railroad investments fail. I love railways and they've always fascinated me."
"I used to go with my mother to the museum down at the Marina where they had a real life-size Mumbles train. "I grew up in Mumbles and the railway is just like a constant – you're always hearing about it, reading about it," Ms Gallacher said. Heidi Gallacher, who lived in Mumbles between the ages of 11 and 18, has captured what 1800s Mumbles was like in the historical Victorian romance. Mumbles and its historic railway have been featured in a former resident's first novel, Rebecca's Choice. Mumbles Nub News gets 'Up Close' with author, Heidi Gallacher, who tells us how she's bringing 1800s Mumbles to life in her debut novel, Rebecca's Choice.
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