Turn of the Tide

By Rosie Harris and Leo Walmsley

Book Overview

Let much-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris sweep you away to Liverpool in this captivating and emotionally charged saga. Perfect for readers of Dilly Court Kitty Neale Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
'Enjoyed this book so much could not put down' -- ***** Reader review
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review
'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review
'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review

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SHE MADE A PROMISE BUT CAN SHE KEEP IT?

When Lucy Patterson promises her dying mother that she'll leave the comfortable home they've shared with her mother's employer Stanley Jones to go and live with her Aunt Flo on the other side of the Mersey she has no idea of the terrible consequences.

Life with the Flanagans in the slums of Liverpool and Lucy's new job in a factory are totally different from the world she has known. Mocked by her cousins and the women she works alongside and terrified by the brutality of her uncle and the unwelcome attentions of her cousin Frank Lucy is desperately unhappy.

And then one day the worst happens and Lucy finds herself homeless friendless and destitute. It seems there's only one person in the world willing to help her.

But can she break her promise to her mother?

Or should she accept that there's only one place a girl in her situation can go ...?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099421291
• ISBN13: 9780099421290
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"