A01=Maureen Lee
air raids
Author_Maureen Lee
books for older women
books set during the Second World War
books set in Liverpool
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engaging family story
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evacuees in Wales
heroines
historical fiction
Liverpool saga
mother goes off to have fun
nostalgia
romantic novelist
The September Girls
tragedy
women's fiction
women’s fiction
Product details
- ISBN 9780752858913
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 05 Feb 2009
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A wonderfully involving family story that begins in Liverpool at the beginning of the Second World War and spans forty turbulent years.
Liverpool, 1939. The Second World War is about to start when pretty Laura Oliver meets Queenie Todd. Laura is twenty-one and happily married. At fourteen, Queenie lacks Laura's confidence and has been deserted by her good-time mother.
The two become friends, but when the air raids begin Queenie is trusted to look after two young children, and the three of them are evacuated to a small town on the coast of Wales. At first, it is a haven of peace and quiet. The girls have a wonderful time - and then something happens, so terrifying that it will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Maureen Lee was born in Liverpool and had numerous short stories published and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. Her award-winning novels earned her many fans and she was a regular SUNDAY TIMES top ten bestseller. Her novel DANCING IN THE DARK won the RNA Award. Maureen Lee lived in Colchester with her family until she passed away in 2020.
