The Mersey Queen

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After the First World War, Nell Tanner is relieved to have her father home but soon discovers that peace has not restored the security her family expected. Work is uncertain, money is short and Liverpool’s post-war difficulties make the future feel almost as precarious as the years of conflict.

Nell’s closest friendship is with Alfie, but she recognises the depth of her feelings only after he is posted away from home. Believing she has lost her chance with him, she begins rebuilding her life and is drawn to Thomas Evans, whose charm conceals secrets of his own. The novel follows Nell through the emotional and economic readjustment of post-war Merseyside, where returning servicemen and the families who waited for them must decide what kind of lives can be made after 1918.