Pam Howes

Liverpool, 1945. As the war draws to a close, Alice and Terry Lomax are building a new life with their young daughter Cathy. After years away fighting, Terry is a stranger to his daughter and must work hard to win her trust and love....

1940, Liverpool: Alice Turner and her best friend, Millie Markham, work for the war effort at Rootes munitions factory, making shell caps and Halifax bombers. Alice’s sweetheart, Terry, is home from the front for a brief period of leave. But the honeymoon is soon over....

Two sisters are heartbroken when they discover they have been dating the same man, and an unexpected pregnancy causes a rift between them....

Liverpool, 1951: Dora Rodgers is settling into a new life with her daughters, moving on from the betrayal of her husband. But then an unexpected knock at the door rips her family in two....

Liverpool, 1946: the blackout blinds may be coming down, but one family is about to face devastating misfortune....

Liverpool, 1955. With her abusive husband drinking all her wages, Alice faces a daily struggle to provide for her family....