Description
Product ID: | 9781529060232 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Angel of Liverpool |
Authors: | Author: Elizabeth Morton |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | Historical romance, Historical romance, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Sagas |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Angel of Liverpool is an emotionally compelling and authentic Liverpool saga from actress and screenwriter Elizabeth Morton. <p><b>Set in the aftermath of World War II, Elizabeth Morton's <i>Angel of Liverpool</i> is a gritty and emotionally compelling historical saga from an author who was born and bred in Liverpool.</b><br><br><b>Her mother called her Angel but now she’s a fallen woman . . .</b><br><br> There are different opinions as to what happened to Evangeline O’Leary’s mother. Her younger sisters believe the story that she’s in heaven. But Evie has heard the gossips – that her ma upped and left with the man she had an affair with while Evie’s dad was fighting in the war.<br><br> As the eldest, Evie has become ‘mum’ to her three siblings, all while holding down a job at the Tate & Lyle Sugar Factory. But when her childhood sweetheart leaves for Canada, he leaves Evie with more than just a broken heart. Her father agrees to keep the pregnancy a secret but is determined to marry her off to the first hapless fellow who’ll have her. Evie doesn’t want a loveless marriage like her parents, but how long can she keep her baby a secret from her neighbours and the nuns who run the local home for unmarried mothers . . . ?</p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-05-27 |