Patsy of Paradise Place — Rosie Harris

A GRIPPING AND MOVING SAGA SET IN 1920S MERSEYSIDE.

She saved the business, but can she save herself?

After years of neglect by her mother, when her father comes home from sea and sets up as a carrier at the Liverpool Docks, Patsy dreams of being a proper family again.

But when her father is killed in an accident and her mother returns to her errant ways, Patsy must keep the business going with the help of her childhood friend, Billy Grant.

And when Patsy falls passionately in love with fairground showman Bruno Alvarez, who leaves her, pregnant and heartbroken, only loyal Billy stands by her in her troubles.

But when he is badly injured at work Patsy is left friendless and without a home...