The past is never over. It's just waiting for an opportunity to return...
When the notorious serial killer the Beast
From the award-winning & bestselling author of Roadworks, Demolition & Construction comes a rollicking read-aloud celebration
...It is 1945. The people of Liverpool, after six years of terror and grief and getting by, are making the best of the hard-won peace, none more so than the ebullient O'Sheas.
They welcome widowed Mary O'Malley from Dublin, her young son Kevin,
It is 1945. The people of Liverpool, after six years of terror & grief & getting by, are making the best of the hard-won peace, none more so than the ebullient O' Sheas.
They welcome widowed Mary O' Malley from Dublin, her young son Kevin, & Breda, her bold strap of a sister, with open arms & hearts.
Mary is determined to make a fresh start for her family, despite Breda, who is soon up to her old tricks. At first all goes well, & Mary begins to build an understanding with their new neighbour Chris Kennedy
- until events take a dramatic turn that puts Chris beyond her reach.
Forced to leave the shelter of the O' Sheas' home, humiliated & bereft, Mary faces a future that is suddenly uncertain once more. But she knows that life has to go on...
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781472256744
• Author: Lyn Andrews
• Publisher: Headline
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 452
• Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 3.4cm