Daughters of the Mersey: War rips a family apart, but life must go on…

Daughters of the Mersey: War rips a family apart, but life must go on…

by Anne Baker (Author)

Synopsis

With the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges...

When Steven Dransfield loses his fortune in the Depression, his wife Leonie is forced to save the family from ruin. But Steve resents the success of her dressmaking business and, trapped in a loveless marriage, Leonie is drawn into the arms of another man.

Just as their children, Milo and June, begin to spread their wings, Leonie finds herself pregnant, but her duty lies with her family and when Amy is born she unites them all. Then with the outbreak of World War II and danger looming in Liverpool, Amy is evacuated to Wales, and, as the bombs start to drop, lives are lost and hearts are broken and the Dransfields must learn to support one another through the heartache that lies ahead...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Publisher: Headline
Published: 20 Dec 2012

ISBN 10: 075539108X
ISBN 13: 9780755391080
Book Overview: A heartbreaking family saga of triumph and tragedy, set in Liverpool during the Second World War.

Author Bio
Anne 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.