Love is Blind
By (Author) Anne Baker
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
15th March 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
432
Width 162mm, Height 37mm, Spine 241mm
690g
A family struggles to survive bereavement, bombing and bitter rivalry...
Patsy Rushton's brother Barney doesn't know the meaning of hard work, so when their father tragically dies, Patsy has no choice but to save the family's business. Meanwhile, Barney has got his girlfriend pregnant and, feeling trapped, he abandons her and leaves Merseyside altogether. But trouble follows Barney wherever he goes and when he learns of his sister's growing success, he can't help feeling resentful. Why is their mother, Beatrice, so quick to forgive him Surely, she can't be blind to his faults As Patsy is to discover, there's something else about Barney that is frightening her mother so much she has never dared to speak of it before.Anne Baker trained as a nurse in England, but after her marriage lived in Libya and Nigeria before returning to her native Birkenhead, where she worked as a Health Visitor. She now lives with her husband on Merseyside.