Rosie’s Avid Readers #RBRT Daughters Of The Mersey by Anne Baker

Rosie’s Avid readers are people who like reading and have a book to tell us about, they are the voice of a friend who says ” I just read this book….”

Avid reader’s thoughts

A well written story of Second World War. Family life in Liverpool even down to growing vegetables to help the Spartan diet. Very moving and informative.

Book description

With the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges…When Steven Dransfield loses his fortune in the Depression, his wife Leonie is forced to save the family from ruin. But Steve resents the success of her dressmaking business and, trapped in a loveless marriage, Leonie is drawn into the arms of another man. Just as their children, Milo and June, begin to spread their wings, Leonie finds herself pregnant, but her duty lies with her family and when Amy is born she unites them all. Then with the outbreak of World War II and danger looming in Liverpool, Amy is evacuated to Wales, and, as the bombs start to drop, lives are lost and hearts are broken and the Dransfields must learn to support one another through the heartache that lies ahead…

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