Lizzie is orphaned and living in Liverpool with her Aunt Annie and Uncle Perce. Lizzie loves her aunt, but hates her violent uncle and escapes whenever she can to play by the canal. There she meets Geoff and Clem, and the three become firm friends.

Miranda Lovage and her mother have a blazing row when Arabella tells her daughter that she can no longer afford their present lifestyle. Miranda goes to bed angry and upset and is awoken at midnight by a strange sound, but when it is not repeated she goes back to sleep. When she awakes next morning, however, it is to find that her mother has disappeared.

Edie was a sweet and innocent girl when she met her husband Robert. Now thanks to the success of Robert's business they have gone up in the world. When he realises that his wife has forgotten her roots he tries to remind her where she came from.

Liverpool, 1958: Nursery nurse Irene Miller falls for her friend Peggy's handsome older brother, Marty. But he is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Meanwhile, Irene's friend Peggy is desperate to marry her long-term boyfriend Pete, but Peggy's staunchly Catholic parents would never accept a Protestant son-in-law. When her mother decides to remarry, her brother heads off to sea, and she loses her job, Irene feels utterly alone in the world. An unexpected...

Bryan Kelly was born in 1931. His father was a docker, and he and his seven brothers and sisters grew up in a tiny terraced house in Anfield. Although life for Bryan and his family was hard, he recalls his time growing up with great fondness.

During World War One Michael Gallagher is swept off his feet by the beautiful Stella Bennett. Set in Liverpool, Katie Flynn's novel explores the problems Stella has to overcome when Michael returns from sea to find she is pregnant. He doesn't believe the child is his and disowns both mother and baby.

1959. Her modelling career in tatters and her long-term relationship with her sailor boyfriend at an end, nineteen-year-old Maggie Gregory returns to her family in Liverpool to lick her wounds and decide what to do with the rest of her life. A chance encounter with a handsome stranger offers the possibility of new romance. But is the man who gives his name as Tim Murphy really all he seems? What secrets has he been keeping from Maggie? And will this...

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. This book offers an intimate portrayal of Liverpool and its people living in the shadow of the Great War for five years. Written in association with Liverpool Central Library & Record Office, with content and illustrations drawn from their archives, this volume explores the county's regiments, the background and fate of the area's men on the frontline,...

This title provides a warm, witty, poignant story of growing up in Liverpool. The book gives an account of hard lives, but also about strong, funny, resourceful people, who made up satirical songs and coped with life through much Scouse wit.

A gripping and heartwarming family saga that is perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin. Liverpool, 1932: Can a chance meeting lead to a fresh start? Lillian Taylor dreams of a world beyond the locked gates of the convent orphanage where she grew up. For ten years she has learned to survive without love, facing the cruel whims and hard faith of the Mother Superior. But the arrival of a glamorous visitor changes everything....