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Liverpool Sagas
A Dream of Love
An enthralling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of Love Against All Odds. When Molly’s father returns from the war a broken man, the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool. Despite many difficulties, Molly is determined to make a better life for herself, hoping that one day she’ll find love. But abused by a man she trusted and estranged from the boy who was once her best friend, Molly wonders if this dream will ever come true. When her father is killed in a fight and her mother turns to drink in her sorrow, Molly finds herself the only wage earner. She tries to take care of her mother and younger sister, Jodie. But when a fire destroys their home, not only do Molly and Jodie lose their mother, but they find themselves homeless and with a very bleak future ahead of them.
424 pages, Paperback
First published April 3, 2008
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About the author
Rosie Harris
43 books31 followersRosie Harris was born in Cardiff and for several years worked in the City Hall. Her husband, Ken, was from Wallasey and after they married they lived on Merseyside for many years.
She has been writing since the 1950’s. In the 1960’s she ran her own agency, Regional Feature Service, writing articles for most of the provincial newspapers.
During the 70’s she became Editorial Controller for a non-fiction house.
In the 1980’s, after publishing a number of non-fiction titles she turned to fiction and during the 1980/90’s had a number of short stories published as well as five books by Sphere under the name Marion Harris.
Since 2002 she has had some 20 books published by Heinemann/Arrow. She sets her books in the 20’s because she has a great admiration for the women who were wives and mothers in those days. They had none of the current time-saving equipment – no washing machines or vacuum cleaners, no instant electric fires or cookers, and certainly no Internet. Their days were long and arduous and often they had to manage on very little money.
In 2005 she was one of the judges when Arrow and Asda collaborated in a major national competition to find the next big saga writer.
Her most recent titles are Love Changes Everything and The Quality of Love. The next, Whispers of Love, will be published in March 2010.
She has been writing since the 1950’s. In the 1960’s she ran her own agency, Regional Feature Service, writing articles for most of the provincial newspapers.
During the 70’s she became Editorial Controller for a non-fiction house.
In the 1980’s, after publishing a number of non-fiction titles she turned to fiction and during the 1980/90’s had a number of short stories published as well as five books by Sphere under the name Marion Harris.
Since 2002 she has had some 20 books published by Heinemann/Arrow. She sets her books in the 20’s because she has a great admiration for the women who were wives and mothers in those days. They had none of the current time-saving equipment – no washing machines or vacuum cleaners, no instant electric fires or cookers, and certainly no Internet. Their days were long and arduous and often they had to manage on very little money.
In 2005 she was one of the judges when Arrow and Asda collaborated in a major national competition to find the next big saga writer.
Her most recent titles are Love Changes Everything and The Quality of Love. The next, Whispers of Love, will be published in March 2010.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
December 13, 2010
I find that all of Rosie Harris's books for me only reach 3 star. It's a pity because the story lines are pretty good. I think it is her characters, often they are naive and with not much depth.
Molly Henderson and her siblings (older brother Peter & younger sister Jodie), along with their mother Netta had been managing okay while their father had been away in the army but when he returned home after the war their lives changed for the worst. They had to move from their beloved home in Wallasey to the slums of Liverpool because their father had lost his job. Life with their father home was not good but when he was tragically killed things got even worse. Their mother Netta, who was working at a pub, took to drinking and going home with men, something she had never done before. When their mother brought a man, Sid, home to live with them things got even worse - Peter ran away to sea and Molly found herself having to look after Jodie and keep the home fires burning, because Netta wasn't much help. Another tragedy stuck and their home burnt down and to top things off she was attacked by Steven, a man she used to date. Luckily she now had met Brian again, a boy she had worked with while still at school - he saved the day.
It was still an okay read.
Molly Henderson and her siblings (older brother Peter & younger sister Jodie), along with their mother Netta had been managing okay while their father had been away in the army but when he returned home after the war their lives changed for the worst. They had to move from their beloved home in Wallasey to the slums of Liverpool because their father had lost his job. Life with their father home was not good but when he was tragically killed things got even worse. Their mother Netta, who was working at a pub, took to drinking and going home with men, something she had never done before. When their mother brought a man, Sid, home to live with them things got even worse - Peter ran away to sea and Molly found herself having to look after Jodie and keep the home fires burning, because Netta wasn't much help. Another tragedy stuck and their home burnt down and to top things off she was attacked by Steven, a man she used to date. Luckily she now had met Brian again, a boy she had worked with while still at school - he saved the day.
It was still an okay read.
October 31, 2016
Enjoyable, easy read. Maybe a little unbelievable at times, but it is a story, keep that in mind and it's good.
May 27, 2019
Good!
Interesting read ...would recommend. I don't want to spoil the story so will not go into detail. Disturbing, sad, and happy.
Interesting read ...would recommend. I don't want to spoil the story so will not go into detail. Disturbing, sad, and happy.
December 4, 2019
Read it but
Ended with not enough answers seemed to end abruptly with no explanaton what happened to the villain of the book
Ended with not enough answers seemed to end abruptly with no explanaton what happened to the villain of the book
November 8, 2024
Easy read
I thought it was a bit slow and predictable. It's the first time I've read a book by this author. Don't think I will be reading another one.
I thought it was a bit slow and predictable. It's the first time I've read a book by this author. Don't think I will be reading another one.
May 24, 2010
i liked some of the characters in this book, but i don't feel it was very well written. there were too many redundancies and also the characters didn't behave in a way that i thought logical in light of the circumstances and the way their characters had been written earlier in the book.
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