The Orphans from Liverpool Lane
The heartwarming and emotional wartime saga
$21.83
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
A warm yet gritty saga set in Liverpool, The Orphans from Liverpool Lane is a heartfelt story from Eliza Morton, the acclaimed author of Angel of Liverpool.
All she wants is to go home …
1944, Liverpool.
Marcia is only twelve years old the first time she is sent to the orphanage with her older sister, Cynthia. With their father in a POW camp in Singapore, her mother is struggling to cope and hands them over to the nuns to be ‘orphans of the living’ - a harsh term for t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035015207 |
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| ISBN-10: | 103501520X |
| Author: | Eliza Morton |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 137mm x 200mm |
| Series: | Liverpool Orphans Trilogy |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
One of my favourite authors – I love her books! – Trisha Ashley, author of The Little Teashop of Lost and Found
This book is an absolute gem – full of humour, heartbreak and love, vividly bringing to life the people and places of post-war Liverpool – Kate Eastham, author of Coming Home to Liverpool, on Angel of Liverpool
Heartstrings are tugged in this gritty Liverpool saga which is beautifully written … Saga writing at its best … a poignant reminder of how society has changed – Diane Allen, author of The Girl from the Tanner’s Yard, on Angel of Liverpool
Eliza Morton
Elizabeth Morton was born in Liverpool and worked as an actress. She is known for playing Madeline Basset in Jeeves and Wooster and Lucinda in the Liverpool sitcom, Watching. As well as TV, she has also worked in theatre and film. She trained at Guildhall School of Drama and as a writer, with The Royal Court Young Writers’ Group. She is an award-winning short-story writer and has also written drama for TV, film and theatre. In her formative years at convent school, she spent her weekends playing the piano accordion in Northern Working Men’s Clubs. She lives with her husband - the actor Peter Davison - in Middlesex and is the author of Angel of Liverpool, A Liverpool Girl and A Last Dance in Liverpool.
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