Queen of the Mersey
By Maureen Lee
2004
First Published
4.36
Average Rating
576
Number of Pages
The Second World War is about to start when Laura Oliver meets Queenie Todd. Laura is 21 and happily married. At 14, Queenie lacks Laura's confidence, and has been deserted by her good-time mother. The two become friends, but when the air raids begin Queenie is trusted to look after 2 young children, and the three of them are evacuated to a small town on the coast of Wales. At first it is a haven of peace and quiet—but then something happens, so terrifying that it will haunt them for the rest of their lives. Queen of the Mersey is the powerful story of great friendships and terrible betrayals.
Avg Rating
4.36
Number of Ratings
460
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Maureen Lee
Author · 28 books
Maureen Lee was born in Bootle, England, UK, near Liverpool during the World War II. She attended Commercial College and became a shorthand typist. She married Richard, and they had three sons, now adults. The last years the marriage lives in Colchester, Essex. During years, she published over one hundred and fifty short-stories, before published her first novel Lila in 1983. She continued published dramatic historical sagas mainly setting in Liverpool since 1994. In 2000, her novel Dancing in the Dark won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
