Mersey Blues - Softcover

Andrews, Lyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552140600 ISBN 13: 9780552140607

Publisher: Corgi Books, 1995

Synopsis

The Great War had ended and Scotland Road was left to count the cost. Some of the young men had never come back; those that had would never be quite the same again. Those who had stayed behind wondered what they had missed. Dee Chatterton, back from the horrors of a field hospital, had happily settled down with Tommy Kerrigan, while Tommy's sister Abbie married her childhood sweetheart Mike Burgess. For the the familiar surroundings of Liverpool, even with its attendant hardships, was all they wanted. But Hannah Harvey had quite different horizons in view - her wartime nursing had brought her into contact with no less a person than Richard, seventh Earl of Ashenden. Moving to the splendours of Ashenden as Richard's personal nurse was to bring her unimagined happiness, but also the dangers of being separated forever from her close family and friends.

About this title

About the Author

Lyn Andrews was born and brought up on Merseyside, the daughter of a policeman. Now married to a policeman, she is the mother of grown-up triplets. She is the author of The White Empress, The Sisters O'Donnell, Liverpool Lou, Ellan Vannin, The Leaving of Liverpool, Maggie May, Mist Over the Mersey and Mersey Blues.

From the Back Cover

The Great War had ended and Scotland Road was left to count the cost. Many of the young men had not come back; those who had would never be quite the same again. Women had lost their sons, husbands and lovers, and Dee Chatterton and Abbie Kerrigan had also seen the horrors of war for themselves as nurses in the military hospitals of France and Belgium. Dee married Tommy Kerrigan and went to live in Canada while Abbie settled down with her childhood sweetheart Mike Burgess. The familiar surroundings of Scotland Road and Burlington Street, even with their attendant hardships, were all they wanted; and for Mike, safely returned from the horrors of the battlefield, there seemed only one career to follow - the Liverpool Police Force.

For some of the locals, however, other horizons beckoned. Mike's flighty sister Chrissie fancied herself as part of high society when she went to work in a posh dress shop, while Hannah Harvey's wartime nursing had brought her into contact with no less a person than Richard, seventh Earl of Ashenden, badly injured in the war. Moving to the splendours of Ashenden Hall as Richard's personal nurse was to bring her unimagined happiness, but also the heartache of being separated forever from her family and friends.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552140600
• ISBN 13: 9780552140607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352