Publisher Description

Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family. While sisters Eileen and Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands, the conflict for others brings excitement and freedom. Kitty Quigley, stuck at home for years with an invalid father, is forced to register for war work and is delighted to become an auxiliary nurse. And Jessica Fleming, struggling to earn a living, finds herself and her friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour and excitement of the Yanks.Maureen Lee once again confirms her talent as a wonderful storyteller, weaving together the lives of a Liverpool community in the Second World War.

Notes

A reissue of book 3 in Maureen Lee's series set in Liverpool during the Second World War. Two years of bomb raids have taken their toll on Pearl Street, with many houses destroyed and inhabitants killed. Sisters Eileen and Sheila are anxious for their absent husbands, but for others, the war brings newfound freedoms and pleasures.

Author Biography

Maureen Lee had numerous short stories published and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. She now writes full time.

Promotional

Reissued in the new cover design alongside LIME STREET BLUES - new in paperback All the backlist are being reissued in this new look in 2003 Maureen Lee's terrific new hardback, QUEEN OF THE MERSEY, is being published simultaneously Maureen Lee won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award with DANCING IN THE DARK Sure-fire bestseller with the ever-popular Liverpool setting Her previous novels have sold over 650,000 copies in paperback and all reprint regularly The critics on Maureen Lee: 'Should keep you reading till the sun goes down. Packed with all the right ingredients - love, tragedy and the heroine's indomitable will to survive' WOMAN'S REALM 'Maureen Lee has written a novel that is so much more than a Liverpool saga - these are real people grappling with real dilemmas with humour, anger and all too human weakness' HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW 'Big on drama and there's enough excitement packed into these pages to last a lifetime' NOW Magazine

Long Description

Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family. While sisters Eileen and Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands, the conflict for others brings excitement and freedom. Kitty Quigley, stuck at home for years with an invalid father, is forced to register for war work and is delighted to become an auxiliary nurse. And Jessica Fleming, struggling to earn a living, finds herself and her friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour and excitement of the Yanks.Maureen Lee once again confirms her talent as a wonderful storyteller, weaving together the lives of a Liverpool community in the Second World War.

Promotional "Headline"

The third novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during World War II

Description for Sales People

Fantastic new livery for Maureen Lee's backlist.

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