The brand new Wartime drama novel from bestselling author Annie Groves, perfect for fans of Christmas on the Mersey and Child of the Mersey.
Rita Kennedy has finally seen through her good-for-nothing husband, Charlie. Now heโs gone AWOL with his fancy woman and left her at the mercy of the local gossips. Her future is full of uncertainty and the only thing that keeps her going is knowing that her children are safe from the Luftwaffe โ and the letters that she receives from Jack Callaghan, her childhood sweetheart โ but a life together can is just a distant fantasy.
Meanwhile, Kitty Callaghan has joined the WRENS and itโs opened up a whole new world. But despite finding romance with a handsome doctor, she still canโt forget Frank Feeny, the brave officer from Empire Street who still inhabits her dreams.
As the bombs rain down on Liverpool, Rita and Kitty must face heartache and sorrow as they pray for the sun to shine on the Mersey once again.
Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her familyโs history, picked up from listening to her grandmotherโs stories as a child. Pennyโs legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writers Jenny Shaw and Sheila Riley.