Man of the House

Eileen Gillmoss #2

by Joan Jonker

On VE day, everyone was rejoycing and it seemed the whole population of Liverpool had turned out to celebrate. Eileen Gillmoss, a colourful character with a smile forever lighting up her face was the life and soul of the party. Today was the day she'd prayed for and dreamed about. After five long, lonely years, her prisoner-of-war husband Bill would be coming home, back to the open, loving arms of his wife and children. But the man who comes back from the war is a complete stranger to her. It isn't only that Bill's appearance has changed. It's his remoteness, his flinching from her touch that Eileen can't cope with. Now, Eileen, who is always there to lend a shoulder to cry on, is the one in need. But who can she turn to? No one can give her what she craves most... her old husband back. She wants him back where he belongs, as the man of the house.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

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

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another lovely story following the lives of Eileen Gillmoss,friends and family.The war is over and life is returning to normal but eileen is fretting her husband has fallen out of love with her and as things come to a head she blows her top.Then we learn she is expecting and some of the family are not happy but bill is determined to make eileen move to a bigger house because 6 people in a 2 up 2 down does not work.worthy of 5*

[Kirsty Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fab book by one of my favourite authors

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second book in Joan's trilogy featuring Mary and Eileen. This one is really intteresting and deals albeit lightly with Eileen's ways of coping with a husband returned from one of the worst prisoner of war camps from WW2. The book isn't all doom and gloom though and there are lots of laughs.Love the conclussion of the story just wish there had beena bit more from Bill's perspective

[Birgit · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending was very abrupt, in my opinion, not like a usual book from this author, which was a bit disappointing.
Apart from that, a heartwarming story from post WWII Liverpool