Liverpool Lou by Lyn Andrews

Liverpool Lou by Lyn Andrews

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Set in Liverpool in the 1930s, this is the new saga from the author of "The Sister O'Donnell".

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Liverpool Lou by Lyn Andrews

Aunt Babsey considered herself a cut above her eighbours on Everton Ridge. For one thing she as 'trade' - she ran a greengrocery shop in public, nd a money-lending business in private. She taught er children to be respectable, keep up appearances, nd not to mix with people like the Crowleys ho were both Catholic and Irish. She ruled her amily with a rod of iron. ourteen-year-old Louisa was the only one who idn't quite fit into the family scheme of things. ouisa, with her mother dead and her father away t sea, was becoming increasingly conscious that hile Aunt Babsey's family was comfortable enough, ll around them was hardship and the grinding poverty f the thirties. As she grew up into a graceful and entle young woman, so the tough conditions of iverpool began to impinge on her life - love, war, etrayal, death - all made her determined to seek her wn path, both in the man she loved, and the work he wanted to do - work which would eventually make her famous throughout her city as Liverpool Lou.
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.
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ISBN 13 9780552137188
ISBN 10 0552137189
Title Liverpool Lou
Author Lyn Andrews
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 1991-04-25
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.