Christmas on the Mersey
By (Author) Annie Groves
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
20th October 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
290g
An emotional and compelling wartime drama from the author of Only a Mother Knows and A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn.
The phoney war is over and Hitlers bombs are raining down on the city of Liverpool.
Rita Kennedy is forced to face some unpalatable truths about her husband, Charlie. But she must still play the part of dutiful wife, while her childhood sweetheart, Jack Callaghan, has shown her nothing but kindness. Can they keep a check on their emotions or will their friendship develop into something more
For Kitty Callaghan, burying herself in her work distracts from the constant worry about her brothers. Tommy is back from his evacuee posting after falling ill, but now he faces danger in another guise. And what about Danny, always ducking and diving and up to no good And then theres Frank Feeny, the man she adores. Will they ever be together
With a Christmas of rationing and going without to look forward to, the women of Empire Street are being tested like never before. But their troubles are only just beginning
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 sagaAgainst 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
Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her family's history, picked up from listening to her grandmother's stories as a child. Penny's legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writer Jenny Shaw who knew Penny personally for many years.