Lizzie: A brilliant tale of wartime fortitude
Apr 2013 · Hachette UK
5.0star
11 reviews
eBook
400
Pages
About this eBook
No matter what life throws at her, she refuses to give up . . .
Tiny, warm-hearted, and totally devoted to her charming rogue of a husband, Lizzie mothers her brood of nephews and nieces through the perils of the war-torn capital. As she struggles to make a home for them in the busy bomb shelters of underground London, she helps launch them on the roller-coaster of life and stands by with help and encouragement.
For Lizzie is a survivor, an irresistible heroine with the unquenchable optimism, the great heart, the indomitable courage that sum up the true spirit of the East End.
Join Lizzie and her family as they negotiate the trials and tribulations of life during the Second World War in this beautifully heartwarming tale of perseverance and fortitude.
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What readers are saying about LIZZIE
'A win, hands down' - 5 STARS
'Heart-warming, soulful, joyful - I loved it' - 5 STARS
'I enjoyed this book from beginning to end' - 5 STARS
'A real page-turner' - 5 STARS
'Lena Kennedy is a real gutsy writer . . . very very good' - 5 STARS
Tiny, warm-hearted, and totally devoted to her charming rogue of a husband, Lizzie mothers her brood of nephews and nieces through the perils of the war-torn capital. As she struggles to make a home for them in the busy bomb shelters of underground London, she helps launch them on the roller-coaster of life and stands by with help and encouragement.
For Lizzie is a survivor, an irresistible heroine with the unquenchable optimism, the great heart, the indomitable courage that sum up the true spirit of the East End.
Join Lizzie and her family as they negotiate the trials and tribulations of life during the Second World War in this beautifully heartwarming tale of perseverance and fortitude.
*************
What readers are saying about LIZZIE
'A win, hands down' - 5 STARS
'Heart-warming, soulful, joyful - I loved it' - 5 STARS
'I enjoyed this book from beginning to end' - 5 STARS
'A real page-turner' - 5 STARS
'Lena Kennedy is a real gutsy writer . . . very very good' - 5 STARS
Ratings and reviews
5.0
11 reviews
Kimberley Alexander
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18 December 2022
What a book. One of the best I've ever read!
Irene Nugent
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7 December 2016
Brilliant ...just like all her books are..
Elaine Palmer
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29 January 2016
Brilliant read. Couldn't put it down
About the author
Lena Kennedy lived all her life in the East End of London and wrote with great energy about the people and times she knew there. She was 67 before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted for publication. Since then her bestselling novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August 1986.
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