Down Our Street

Molly and Nellie #4

by Joan Jonker

The Second World War is finally over and best friends Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough are bursting with happiness. Their beloved sons are coming home at last and their eldest children are planning to marry each other. When a double wedding is announced, Molly is determined to give her two beautiful daughters a day to remember for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile Nellie's daughter Lily has a boyfriend whom no one likes. When he brings trouble to their door, Nellie's friends in the street are ready to face it. And there's a handsome young chap just waiting in the wings for Lily...

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Joan Jonker was born and bred in Liverpool. She founded the charity-run organisation Victims of Violence and she lives in Southport. She has two sons and two grandsons.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I normally like Joans books but this one grated on me. Add to that the fact that she normally is dead against violence towards women and nearly all her books have a woman being battered by an evil husband who then gets his comeuppance. We get told in this book it's acceptable for Fanny's husband to give het a black eye because she was going to tell a returning prisoner of war that his wife had had affairs while he was away. Talk about double standards

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Down Our Street is another enjoyable book in the Molly and Nellie series by Joan Jonker. These books provide a wonderful escape. After reading four of them, I know and care about these characters. Ms. Jonker does a wonderful job with setting, dialogue and character development. I'm always a bit sad to say good bye to the characters when I finish one of these books. Glad I still have a few more to go in the series!

[Wangui Hinga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laughter and tears is what you're to expect when reading this book. I have not read the previous Nelly and Molly liverpool sagas but I got to know about all the characters. Easy to understand and my goodness! Those two ladies will have you cracking your ribs like you've known them forever.

[Linda Streeting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mollie and Nellie

What a lovely book full of laughter and years what these two women get up to with hearts of gold

[Julie Peckham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful

Such a wonderful read,cannot wait to read the next one.Molly and Kellie are the best characters ever,wish they were living in my street.

[Debbie Clayton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was definately down my street!!!

Full of laughter, tears (of joy) and leaves you feeling like you've been hugged. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.