Liverpool Lamplight

by Lyn Andrews

Georgie Deegan will do anything for money. His sister will do anything for love...

When Katie's bully of a brother takes over the family business, tough times lie ahead in Liverpool Lamplight - a powerful saga of the years before the Second World War, from bestselling author Lyn Andrews. Perfect for fans of Anne Baker, Cathy Sharp and Katie Flynn.

Since they were kids in the backstreets of Liverpool, brother and sister Georgie and Katie Deegan have fought like cat and dog. Now Katie is at Moorehouse's lemonade factory, whilst Georgie has a good job at the B & A - and when he comes home he puts his feet up. Unlike Katie, who does her turn in their mother Molly's fish and game shop.

Yet when their father dies suddenly, Georgie assumes the shop is his - and that his chance has come to rule the Deegan roost. Katie has other ideas, as does her strong-minded mother Molly.

But, as World War II draws closer and Georgie's illegal money-making schemes gain momentum, neither Katie nor her mother has any idea what troubles lie in store for the women whose lives the ruthless Georgie Deegan is set to control at any cost...

What readers are saying about Liverpool Lamplight :

' Fantastic, gripping story , couldn't put it down'

'Don't pick this book up to read unless you have nothing else to do because, believe me, you won't put it down until it's finished '

' One of Lyn Andrews' best '

Genres: Fiction

420 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 1996

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

[Natalya Moroz]

Most depressing book I've ever read.

[Patricia Day]

A very heart wrenching read . A book you couldn’t put down .

[Brenda Anderson]

Great read,just slightly predictable in parts.

[Sarah]

Loved it!

Don't pick this book up to read unless you have nothing else to do because believe me you won't put it down until finished, I've read many books set in Liverpool during WW2 and enjoyed most of them but this is by far one of if not my favourite....Loved it!

[Liz Bright]

A delightful nostalgic read spanning the 2nd world war. I found the first third a little non eventful, and more like a wartime soap opera. Once over this hurdle (and the war in full swing) I found the storyline more thrilling and I was more vested in each of the characters lives. I appreciated the feminist undertones but I felt there needed to be more backstory to the evil traits of Georgie Deegan. I wanted to know why he was so obsessed with money. Maybe I was looking to find sympathy to his devious ways. After some of the decisions he took, I realised there was no room for sympathy. I would be interested to read more of these Liverpool wartime books to see if I take to the stories more easily.

[Jacqueline Carpenter]

Easy reading tale set in Liverpool, beginning in 1938 it follows the lives of a poor, hardworking couple trying to do their best for their four children.
Life is one long struggle, they encounter one heartache after another, World War Two begins and their eldest son is a no good baddie.
It's a realistic and enlightening eye-opener!

[Shirley Dawson]

A bit of everything in this book - love, betrayal, tragedy, greed, hardship .... you name it, it's got it! The descriptions of the Blitz and the devastation Liverpool saw throughout the war years was captured well.

With strong characterisation it also told of how religion can divide friends and families. A good read which I recommend.

[Pat Turk]

Good read

Kept me interested. The characters were well represented. A typical family with all the issues of that time. War is terrible but we don’t need war when ordinary people can cause so much trouble to each other.

[Patricia]

What an amazing read, I really enjoyed the story, from having a great life, and a wicked brother who lost them everything, love, happiness and the war that they fought in, so much heartache, a fantastic read,

[Norma Narey]

Slow start but after few chapters got into the storyline...then couldn't put it down..that georgie
Keegan I'd have got rid of regardless of Catholic tradition...By the end of the book I hated him as much as his sister Katie
So a gripping book..

[Jane Roberts]

Amazing Author

Lyn Andrews knows how to captivate her audience. This book is about family and how money can't buy you love.

[Annemarie Farthing]

Easy reading 😃

[Linda Hobson]

Absolutely loved reading this book

[Margaret Hilton]

I enjoyed this book about a family at war with each other and the World.

[Linda Leedham]

Very good book, with lots of individual story lines some sad ones, some angry feelings, and happy ones through war times

[Margaret Baseley]

Fantastic book with so many twists and turns. Loved it.

[Izabella]

This book was so sad.😪

[Barbra]

I love this author's books. Great sagas - to quote "the Catherine Cookson of Liverpool".

Back Cover Blurb:
Since they were kids fighting in the backstreets, brother and sister Katie and Georgie Deegan have battled like cat and dog. Now Katie is in her twenties and, like her brother, has a full time factory job. But unlike Georgie, who puts his feet up when he comes home, she does her turn behind the counter in their mother Molly's fish and game shop after a day on the factory floor. Yet when their father dies suddenly Georgie assumes the shop is his - and that his chance has come to rule the Deegan roost at last.
Katie has other ideas, as does her strong-minded mother who is all too aware of her son's devious ways. But, as the shadow of World War ll creeps closer and Georgie's illegal money-making schemes gain momentum, neither Katie nor her mother has any idea what troubles lie in store for the women whose lives the ruthless Georgie Deegan is determined to control - at any cost....

[Jennifer Mitton]

I really wanted to love this book. I found it really hard to get into, but maybe that's more about me and what I like to read, than the book. It's written really well and you cant help but love the main character Katie.

[Terena]

Another good Liverpool war saga, although it seemed to jump in time rather quickly nearer the end compared to the first parts of the book. Also a twist in the Epilogue.