Anne Baker
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It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfair at New Brighton. Amid the bright lights and whirling rides, Lizzie wins a lucky sixpence on a stall - as well as the heart of a handsome stallholder. Ben McCluskey isn't the type of man Lizzie's respectable parents had in mind for her, nevertheless the young couple embark on a whirlwind romance. Lizzie's mother worries that history will repeat itself...
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2016
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It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches her twin sister, Connie, marry the man of her dreams, Carrie longs to find a love of her own. Having lost their mother at an early age, the girls were brought up by their maiden aunts and, with Connie leaving home, Carrie is desperate to spread her wings. Using her skills as a bookkeeper, Carrie gets an exciting new job but her stunning beauty soon attracts the wrong kind of attention. And romance is the last...
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Aimee Kendrick is no stranger to heartache. Having lost her father during the Great War and her mother, a famous French Impressionist painter, in a tragic accident, Aimee is brought up by her troubled grandparents on the banks of the River Mersey. She works hard at her art lessons and is encouraged to believe she has inherited her mother's gift, but it is her childhood friend and fellow student Frankie Hopkins who shows greater talent. When Frankie...
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Grand National, 1933. Susie Ingram's fiance, Danny, is killed in a tragic accident. In a cruel twist of fate, Susie discovers she is carrying Danny's child and, shunned by his parents, she turns to her mother for support. Louise Ingram, widowed during the First World War, knows how hard it is to bring up a family alone, but with the help of her eldest daughter, Martha, who lives next door, they manage to survive. When little Rosie is born there is...
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On a spring day in 1947, Millie and Pete Maynard take their daughter Sylvie on a boat trip that is to end in tragedy. Poor Sylvie blames herself for the accident and Millie needs all her strength to comfort her children and overcome her grief. Then Pete's Will is read and further heartache lies in store. Meanwhile, Pete's younger brother and his good-for-nothing sons try to take control of the family business, but they've underestimated Millie's indomitable...
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2017
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For generations, the Mortimers have been successful Liverpool ship owners, but after the First World War, everything changes. With the business struggling, ships are taken out of service and Charles Mortimer, the head of the household, worries how they will survive the years ahead. Meanwhile, his youngest daughter, Lottie, who has never felt like she fits in, makes an alarming discovery that turns her whole world upside down. But the Mortimers are...
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2012
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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.
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2002
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Suzy Lunt's widowed mother married Luke Palmer to put a roof over their heads. Soon mother and daughter realise the man is abusive and that living in fear in Liverpool is untenable. They escape to Birkenhead but can they feel truly safe?
12) The wild child
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2007
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It is 1961, Liverpool. Flora Wilcox's daughters couldn't be more different - Hilary is serious and hardworking, Isobel seeks fun and excitement. While Hilary settles into wedded bliss and motherhood, Isobel escapes to London. Will the family bond prove strong enough to support them in times of crisis?
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2007
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When a scruffy black and white collie follows Greta home one day her brother wants to keep the animal, but they can't afford to feed him. Greta tracks down the owner, Mungo Masters, a wealthy man who runs funfairs. When Mungo gives Greta and Kenny jobs at one of his fairs, it seems life is looking up. But Mungo is not good news.
14) Love is blind
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2012
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A family saga set in Liverpool during the Second World War. As lives are lost and hearts are broken, the Rushton children struggle to survive.
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1998
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A Liverpool Lullaby tells the story of Evie Hobson, who lives with her bullying father. A mysterious woman arrives at their shop one day, and dies on the premises. Evie is shocked to learn that she was her mother, whom she had presumed dead.
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2009
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When jeweller Edwin Jardine gives a job to Hilda Thorpe, his daughter Jane suspects that he's been blinded by the widow's good looks. Jane knows her father deserves happiness again after the death of her mother, but must it be with Hilda? With the help of her fiance, Nick, Jane unravels the shocking truth about Hilda's past.
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2001
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It is August 1914, and the threat of war weighs heavily on the people of Liverpool, but not on Sarah. Toby is in love with her. When he joins the army, she is left facing insurmountable obstacles, but she finds light at the end of the tunnel.
19) So many children
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2003
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Beth Hubble has grown up in extreme poverty in Dock Cottages - a filthy slum teeming with scruffy, malnourished children. And, although she loves training to become a nurse, problems at home are never far from her mind.
20) A Mersey duet
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1997
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When Elsa Gripper dies in childbirth on Christmas Eve, 1912, her grief-stricken husband is unable to cope with the babies, Lucy & Patsy, so the twins are separated. Lucy is spoiled, but Patsy has to be responsible from an early age.