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A View Across the Mersey
By (Author) Anne Baker
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
28th February 2017
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)
823.914
Hardback
416
Width 158mm, Height 240mm, Spine 35mm
672g
For generations, the Mortimers have been successful Liverpool ship owners, but after the First World War, everything changes. With the business struggling, ships are taken out of service, and Charles Mortimer the head of the household worries how they will survive the years ahead. Meanwhile, his youngest daughter, Lottie, who has never felt like she fits in, makes an alarming discovery that turns her whole world upside down.
But the Mortimers are made of stern stuff and they unite to weather the storms ahead.Praise for Anne Baker's previous novels: 'Baker's understanding and compassion for very human dilemmas makes her one of romantic fiction's most popular authors' - Lancashire Evening Post
A stirring tale of romance and passion, poverty and ambition - Liverpool EchoTruly compelling...rich in language and descriptive prose - Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening ChronicleA heartwarming saga - Woman's WeeklyWith characters who are strong, warm and sincere, this is a joy to read - Coventry Evening TelegraphAnne Baker trained as a nurse at Birkenhead General Hospital, but after her marriage went to live first in Libya and then in Nigeria. She eventually returned to her native Birkenhead where she worked as a Health Visitor for over ten years before taking up writing.