Book description
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, and Breda, her bold strap of a sister, with open
arms and 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, and 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 and bereft, Mary faces a future that is suddenly
uncertain once more. But she knows that life has to go on!
