Liverpool Songbird - Lyn Andrews

'A MOTHER'S LOVE' ...A NOVEL REVIEW

Advantages: Well written with strong characters
Disadvantages: End was a little disppointing

'A Mother's Love' a novel by Lyn Andrews I borrowed 'A Mother's Love' by Lyn Andrews 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 ...

brittle1906 09.01.2009 · Read full review
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A Definite Songbird

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 ...

sewbizzie 10.10.2008 · Read full review
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'A Mother's Love'

Advantages: An excellent read.
Disadvantages: Cannot think of any.

This was the first novel of Lyn Andrews 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 ...

jules.34 22.10.2008 · Read full review
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