Liverpool Songbird

by Lyn Andrews

Alice O'Connor's poor family lives in the heart of Liverpool's toughest slum. Her bullying father drinks away what little he earns, whilst Nelly, her careworn mother, works when she can and begs when she can't. Since she was five young Alice has also begged in the streets around the docks but she has managed to hold on to the hope of something better, a stubborn optimism that keeps her head held high even in her lowest moments.

For Alice knows she has a gift that allows her to rise above the fate that made her life so bitterly hard. Alice O'Connor can sing like an angel... It's a gift that will take her far though it is to Liverpool she will always return. But is it enough to bring her the success she needs - and the love and happiness she so desperately craves?

Genres: Fiction, Romance

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 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

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed every word that was written on the pages of this book. Very easy to read but hard to put down.

[Angie Rhodes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lyn Andrews writes from the heart, and Liverpool Songbird is no different
Alice O'Connor and her family are poor, living in the heart of Liverpool's toughest slums, her father is a drunen bully, spending what money he makes on booze, and taking what little money the family have. Alice is tough, and has a gift, she has the voice of an Angel, and decides she has to leave Liverpool and follow her dream, to be "a somebody" but will it come at a cost?

[Barbra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this author's books and have read quite a few of hers. They lean towards the saga type novel usually based in Liverpool during the early 1900's.

Back Cover Blurb:
Alice O'Connor's family is the poorest of the poor in Benledi Street, the heart of Liverpool's toughest slum. Her bullying father drinks away what little he earns, whilst Nelly, her careworn mother, works when she can and begs when she can't. Since she was five young Alice has also begged in the streets around the docks but she has managed to hold on to the hope of something better, a stubborn optimism that keeps her head held high even in her lowest moments.
For Alice knows she has a gift that allows her to rise above the fate that made her life so bitterly hard. Alice O'Connor can sing like an angel....
It is a gift that will take her far, though it is to Liverpool she will always return. But is it enough to bring her the success she needs - and the love and happiness she so desperately craves....?

[Tracey Rice · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great story - full of hardship, overcoming adversity and finding true love. Loved it !