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The fate and happiness of a family rest on the shoulders of two young sisters…
Mersey Maids by Anne Baker depicts a family’s battle against poverty, and two sisters’ struggles in life and love. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Lyn Andrews.
When widower Henry Knell loses his glove-making business to the Dransfields his life is well and truly ruined. With his six young daughters, he moves into rented rooms in a Merseyside back street. Meanwhile, Hattie and Maggie, the eldest girls, are trying to hold the family together. Sophie Dransfield’s husband, Daniel, takes pity on the poverty-stricken Knells and offers Maggie a job as a maid in the Dransfields’ nursery. Maggie’s beautiful blonde hair soon catches the eye of Sophie’s brother Tom, whose dashing brother, Luke, is equally enchanted by Hattie when she joins the household as a lady’s maid. But the fortunes of the two sisters do not run according to plan…
What readers are saying about Mersey Maids:
‘One of her best!… An absolute blinder’
‘I could not put the book down – it was just like you were there’
Mersey Maids by Anne Baker depicts a family’s battle against poverty, and two sisters’ struggles in life and love. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Lyn Andrews.
When widower Henry Knell loses his glove-making business to the Dransfields his life is well and truly ruined. With his six young daughters, he moves into rented rooms in a Merseyside back street. Meanwhile, Hattie and Maggie, the eldest girls, are trying to hold the family together. Sophie Dransfield’s husband, Daniel, takes pity on the poverty-stricken Knells and offers Maggie a job as a maid in the Dransfields’ nursery. Maggie’s beautiful blonde hair soon catches the eye of Sophie’s brother Tom, whose dashing brother, Luke, is equally enchanted by Hattie when she joins the household as a lady’s maid. But the fortunes of the two sisters do not run according to plan…
What readers are saying about Mersey Maids:
‘One of her best!… An absolute blinder’
‘I could not put the book down – it was just like you were there’
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Reviews
Baker's understanding and compassion for very human dilemmas makes her one of romantic fiction's most popular authors
A heartwarming saga
With characters who are strong, warm and sincere, this is a joy to read
A stirring tale of romance and passion, poverty and ambition
A compelling book that you just don't want to put down