Mersey Blues

by Lyn Andrews

The Great War has ended and Dee Chatterton has happily settled down with Tommy Kerrigan. But Hannah Harvey has different aspirations—she moves to Ashenden as Richard's personal nurse, separated from close family and friends, in this sequel to Mist Over the Mersey.

Genres: Fiction

347 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Lyn Andrews is one of the the UK's top one hundred paper-back bestsellers. Born and brought up in Liverpool, she is the daughter of a policeman who also married a policeman. After becoming the mother of triplets, she took some time off from her writing whilst she raised her children. Shortlisted for the romantic Novelists' Association Award in 1993, she has now written twenty-one hugely successful novels. Lyn Andrews divides her time between Merseyside and Ireland.

Reviews

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read from Lyn Andrews. This is a follow on book to Mist Over the Mersey. It was lovely catching up with the characters from the previous book. Full of action and historical happenings it's well worth a read.

[Mya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a segment out of the lives of a number of people connected by where they live. Plot wise, it's ok. The writing is a bit dull and the characters are quite two dimensional. The author also likes to describe what the female characters are wearing on a regular basis.

[Renae · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandfather was born in Runcorn, near Liverpool in 1923. I've always liked Helen Forrester's series 'Tuppence to cross the Mersey' as it's set during the second world war and I always imagine the navy men she talks about could have been my grandfather, or people he knew.

Mersey Blues is set after the first world war in a time where men had returned (or not) and everyone was trying to build lives. I liked this book a lot as it gave me an insight as to what life might have been like for my grandpa's parents; he was a sailor who was seldom home, she living in poverty raising three children. Whilst the book didn't focus on characters such as my great grandparents specifically, it certainly gave me an insight into what life was like in those times.

Lyn Andrews as written a string of Mersey themed books and I intend to see out more.

[Prince Rokaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was like "hell and back".... and finally fall in love with this book,Those pleasent characters..Mersyside slums and suburbs... beautifully potrayed
lyn andrews at her best

[Jane Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very lovely book

[Barbra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the sequel to Mist Over the Mersey. Another good book by this author.

Back Cover Blurb:
The Great War has ended and Scotland Road was left to count the cost. Many of the young men had not come back; those who had would never be quite the same again. Women had lost their sons, husbands and lovers, and Dee Chatterton and Abbie Kerrigan had also seen the horrors of war for themselves as nurses in the military hospitals of France and Belgium. Dee married Tommy Kerrigan and went to live in Canada while Abbie settled down with her childhood sweetheart Mike Burgess. The familiar surroundings of Scotland Road and Burlington Street, even with their attendant hardships, were all they wanted; and for Mike, safely returned from the horrors of the battlefield, there seemed only one career to follow - the Liverpool Police Force.
For some of the locals, however, other horizons beckoned. Mike's flighty sister Chrissie fancied herself as part of high society when she went to work in a posh dress shop, while Hannah Harvey's wartime nursing had brought her into contact with no less a person than Richard, seventh Earl of Ashenden, badly injured in the war. Moving to the splendours of Ashenden Hall as Richard's personal nurse was to bring her unimagined happiness, but also the heartache of being seperated forever from her family and friends.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

really good read lynn andrews at her best

[Alison White · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the book but did find it a little slow. In the end it was worth it though.