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Mother Of Pearl: A heart-wrenching Liverpool saga about families and their secrets
By (Author) Maureen Lee
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
5th February 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
400
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 36mm
275g
Pretty Amy Curran was just eighteen years old when she met Barney Patterson, the love of her life, on Southport Pier in 1939. Their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven - but with the outbreak of war, Barney volunteered to fight and the couple were separated for five long years. When he returned to Liverpool after VE Day he wasn't the same person - and neither was Amy. How could things have become so twisted that one day Amy would kill the husband she once so adored And what happened to their little girl, Pearl, just five years old at the time
In 1971 Amy is released from prison - although her freedom will change the lives of others, not least that of her daughter. But Pearl has her own demons to exorcise in her quest for happiness. And the greatest question she must ask herself is this: can she ever love her mother after what she did"a tender saga of family life that explores the themes of love and forgiveness" My Weekly
Maureen Lee was born in Liverpool and had numerous short stories published and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. She is an RNA winner, and writes full time.