Book description
Kitty O'Brien's husband is a drunken thug and in order to feed her
starving children she sells her body on the Liverpool docks. Her
daughter Lizzie is pregnant by her father and, still weak after her
abortion, she kills him. Her mother takes the blame, but Lizzie cannot
blot out the painful memories of her childhood. Eventually, with a
failed marriage behind her, she finds fame, fortune and friendship in
Hollywood - but happiness still escapes her. And so she returns to her
roots, and it is her final marriage and its disastrous consequences
that, at last, force her to face her past and find the happiness and
peace of mind that have always eluded her. Maureen Lee's award winning
novels have earned her many fans. Maureen was born in Bootle, Liverpool
and now lives in Colchester, Essex.
