Alice O'Connor's poor family lives in the heart of Liverpool's toughest slum. Her bullying ... more
father drinks away what little he earns whilst Nelly her careworn mother works when she can and begs when she can't. Since she was five young Alice has also b...
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Alice O'Connor's family is the poorest in Benledi Street, Liverpool's toughest slum. Her ... more
father drinks what little he earns whilst her mother, Nelly, works when she can and begs when she can't. Since the age of five, Alice has also begged around Liverp...
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Alice O'Connor's family is the poorest in Benledi Street, Liverpool's toughest slum. Her ... more
father drinks what little he earns whilst her mother, Nelly, works when she can and begs when she can't. Since the age of five, Alice has also begged around Liverpool Docks but she has always had a stubborn optimism that keeps her head up even in her lowest moments.
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Advantages: Well written with strong characters Disadvantages: End was a little disppointing
'A Mother's Love' a novel by LynAndrews
I borrowed 'A Mother's Love' by LynAndrews from my daughter at Christmas as I had nothing to read, a situation that just had to be rectified!
The copy I am reviewing is a large sized paperback which bears the cover price of £11.99.
I am reviewing the paperback book, not an audio book, so please disregard the specific criteria section!!
**THE PLOT**
Set in Liverpool in 1933, the novel tells the story of publicans Eve and Eddie Dobson, and their three daughters, Sarah, Maggie and Lily. The family live above the pub and struggle to make ends meet in the depression that rocked the UK at that time.
Eddie Dobson has a gambling habit and an eye for the lazy barmaid he and his wife employ.
His daughters are almost grown up but Eddie feels stifled by his wife and family ...
Advantages: A great mix of tracks Disadvantages: None
Eva Cassidy is a woman who had an amazing voice but it would not be until after her sad death from cancer that she would become world known. She spent years singing in pubs and recording backing vocals for more established singers and finally one of the producers at a studio she had sang at recognised what an amazing voice she had and would record heart every available opportunity. Eva made her first album in 1996, title The Other Side' but it would not become known publicly and outside of her community until after her death. Due to the amount of song she had recorder in the studio further albums have been made using these recordings and this one I am reviewing is called Songbird.
This album has been made up using song which have already been released on albums including, The Other Side, Live at the Blues Alley and Eva by Heart ...
Advantages: An excellent read. Disadvantages: Cannot think of any.
This was the first novel of LynAndrews that I had read, and not the usual type of fiction that I go for. Normally I read modern chick lit stuff, but this book is set in Liverpool in 1933.
Eve and Eddie Dobson run a pub in Liverpool. They have three daughters. Times are hard for many people, Eve and Eddie included, because of the Depression and Eddie is told by the Brewery to economise so that the pub will survive. Eve takes matters into her own hands first and sacks their flirty barmaid Doreen, only for Eddie to follow Doreen. Eddie genuinely thinks that Doreen is interested in him, but she is just interested in a good time and needs someone to finance it for her.
Eve is the backbone of the family and has to endure then the ups and downs of her 3 girls without her husband's support. Sarah, the eldest, is workiung as ...
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Product details
EAN
9780747251743
Type
Fiction
Genre
Romance
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing Ltd
Title
Liverpool Songbird
Author
Lyn Andrews
ISBN
0747251746
Manufacturer's product description
Alice O'Connor's poor family lives in the heart of Liverpool's toughest slum. Her bullying father drinks away what little he earns whilst Nelly her careworn mother works when she can and begs when she can't. Since she was five young Alice has also begged in the streets around the docks but she has managed to hold on to the hope of something better a stubborn optimism that keeps her head held high even in her lowest moments. For Alice knows she has a gift that allows her to rise above the fate that made her life so bitterly hard. Alice O'Connor can sing like an angel! It's a gift that will take her far though it is to Liverpool she will always return. But is it enough to bring her the success she needs - and the love and happiness she so desperately craves?
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