A01=Maureen Lee
Author_Maureen Lee
books for older women
books set during World War II
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heroines
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Liverpool saga
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The Leaving Of Liverpool
The September Girls
traditional family stories
tragedy
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women’s fiction
Product details
- ISBN 9780752816289
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 199 x 132mm
- Publication Date: 02 Apr 2009
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The third novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during World War II
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 friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour and excitement of the Yanks.
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.
