He came to Lancashire from London's East End - a mean, secretive man who treated his wife and daughters badly. As the sirens of 1939 heralded the advent of war, the girls began their own battle for new, triumphant and fulfilling lives. The author's other novels include "With Love From Ma Maguire".
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About the Author
Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. Her other novels, A Whisper to the Living, With Love From Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile and Paradise Lane, are also published by Corgi Books and she is a national bestseller. Her latest novel, The Bells of Scotland Road, is now available as a Bantam Press hardback. She has written a six-part television series and over forty children's programmes for independent television.
Ruth Hamilton now lives in Liverpool with her family.
From AudioFile
Hamilton's saga remains continually surprising and interesting. The setting is WWII England; the story centers around Billy London, a bigamist who has two wives and four daughters. Narrator Sidaway masterfully presents each of a vast range of characters distinctly and realistically. She also renders the considerable text, which sometimes seems like a maze, in an easy to follow manner. However, her greatest skill is her ability to keep potentially melodramatic situations and conversations even and believable, especially when the women jointly take on the man who has brutalized them for so long. This compelling and tragic but still joyous, story is an excellent choice for those who prefer a good long story, as well as those who want an inside view of the toll that war takes on civilians. S.G.B. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award Winner. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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