A Wing and a Prayer

by Lyn Andrews

Lyn Andrews's engaging saga of Liverpool life in the twentieth century, A WING AND A PRAYER, is the perfect read if you love the novels of Kate Thompson and Katie Flynn.For Mary Callaghan marriage has brought heartaches and disappointment. But with it have come joys, the greatest of which are her daughters, Daisy and Nell. Mary longs for them to have the one thing denied to her - a husband who will offer them kindness, security and love. But when Daisy confesses she's pregnant, the future looks grim, for the father's a rough, pleasure-loving man. As Nell watches her sister sink into bitter poverty, and as the world around her grows more uncertain, with war more likely by the day, risking all for love seems to Nell a foolish game...

Genres: Fiction, Historical

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

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

[Jayson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I truly wanted to like this book but the writing style really turned me off. I thought the first part was good but things went downhill when I noticed that the author kept writing comments for every situation that'd happened in the story. Not only that but the comments were extremely obvious.

*Ben has broken his ankle*
Ben felt cold. Icy cold. What has happened to him? A broken ankle! And no more late night walks! He would never be able to walk properly now! He lay back, staring up at the ceiling, the tears slowly trickling down his cheeks.

[Darlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lyn Andrews books captivate your interest and attention to the story immediately!

Love her style of writing. Have never been disappointed with any of her books.

[Linda Leedham · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not one I would read again. The story was ok but wasn't captivating enough. I continued reading it just so I knew what happened in the end

[Carmela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how the author vividly describes everything. I also love how the author centers God in the lives of the characters in their situations. It's a shame that it ended so fast.

[Linda Hobson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book by LynAndrews cant fault her ,excellent read

[Dawn Kidd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book from start to finish, will definitely read another book by Lyn Andrews

[Fiona Audain · Rating 4 out of 5]

The London Blitz, an unwanted Pregnancy, forced marriage, a perfect gentleman and an unhappy marriage all comes to a cresendo in the end!

[Hayley Marsland · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading Lyn Andrews books many many years ago, and I'd actually forgotten how good they are.

Her sagas always have a great amount of realism, to them and feature a strong set of hard working, quite often hard up characters, but where community spirit always wins through.

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolutely heart warming read. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I did feel, however, that it lacked emotion in parts I would expect to be a lot more heart wrenching. Other than that I highly recommend it!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written and captivating read. I really enjoyed reading this one.

[Katya · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite book by Lyn Andrews!It shows us that with a little faith and hope something good can arise from a bad experience :)

[Emma J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read this in a couple of days, I think I might have read it before but not sure.
Anyway, classic Lyn Andrews...everything I love about her books, poverty, heartbreak, love, war, family etc etc

[Michelle Grayce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought this book was really good. Had a great ending to it.

[Tracey Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

a nice read