Child of the Mersey, Annie Groves
Child of the Mersey, Annie Groves
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Child of the Mersey

Author: Annie Groves

Narrator: Noreen Leighton

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/14/2014


Synopsis

A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again.Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her headstrong brothers.Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother-in-law, is desperate for their own home. Perhaps that will help them get their marriage back on the rails again?For the two women and others like them on Liverpool’s dockside and across the whole country, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family and friends to help them see this through.

Reviews

Goodreads review by kellie

I enjoyed this story. The characters were likeable except for Charlie, who I cannot stand. I love the two families and the setting. I love books set during the war.......more

Goodreads review by Zaxxos

I was dissapointed by this new book.There is no way that Sheila Riley is going to be as good as (the original) Annie Groves.Also a lot of mistakes in the writing (wrong names or time-continuity).I have already bought the next book But I don't think that I will buy the next one.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

Great book, just now need follow on book to continue the story.......more

I was mesmerized in this book along with my imagination helped me travel back in time to Liverpool, England to the second year of WW2. It helped me see in the Feeney, Callaghan and Kennedy lives. Nancy is a mother of a baby boy George. She wants to gallivant the roads with her wild friends like Stan......more


Quotes

Praise for Annie Groves: ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly ‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly