At the age of 45, Lucy Henshaw has finally left home. Her decision
to go has been reached neither lightly nor suddenly, since her
marriage has been broken for some eighteen years. However, as the
mother of twin sons and a daughter, Lucy has felt it her duty to
stay as a couple in the family house she was born in near Bolton,
giving her children the security she knows they need. Now that her
family is grown, content in the knowledge that she loves them, Lucy
decides she is free to leave. She secretly purchases a beautiful
house overlooking the Mersey, near Liverpool, and there she plans
to start afresh. Within hours, she has met some characters: her new
neighbour Moira, who is disabled and dying, and sees Lucy as the
ideal new companion for her husband, Richard; Shirley Bishop, built
like a battleship and a cleaner extraordinaire, towing her
several-inches-shorter husband as a handy gardener behind her; and
Dr David Vincent, who is grieving for the loss of his young son. It
is soon apparent that Lucy need have no anxieties about being
lonely. It is these new friends, too, who come to Lucy's rescue
when her husband Alan, falls ill. Always a wastrel and fraudster
who has tried to control her, his illness only seems to offer him
another opportunity to complicate Lucy's life all over again.
Mersey View is a compelling and gritty novel set in Liverpool, and
is a wonderful story, rich with warmth and humour, by a much-loved
storyteller at the height of her powers.
General
Imprint: |
Pan Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Ruth Hamilton
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
416 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4472-8767-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Sagas
|
LSN: |
1-4472-8767-3 |
Barcode: |
9781447287674 |
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