Across the Mersey

by Annie Groves

Book Overview

From the author of The Grafton Girls comes the story of one Liverpool family preparing for the onslaught of World War Two, but feuding amongst themselves...

Jean and Vi are twins but couldn't be more different. Jean's proud of her honest, hardworking husband and their children, but there's never a penny to spare. Vi's equally proud of her husband's new role as a local councillor and their elegant new house, and has raised her children to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000726528X
• ISBN13: 9780007265282
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

The first book in a great series

Jean and Vi are twins but they couldn't be any more different. Vi is a married with two spoiled children and lives in Wallasey. Jean lives in Liverpool with her family. When war breaks out cousins Luke and Charlie enlist and Jean's daughter Grace decides to train for a nurse and Vi's daughter Bella decides that she has to get married Alan,a man who Bella believes can raise her social status. On one night Grace meet Seb Atkins, Alan cousin. A romance blooms under the threat of war, but in wartime not everyone will survive. "Across the Mersey" is the first book in a great series. Ms. Grove give the reader great characters and a great storyline. Any fan of wartime novels will love book Annie Groves books.