Violet's children

Lee, Maureen, author.

Book 2018

Liverpool, 1950. Forty-six year old, unmarried Violet Duffy is asked to give a home to the orphaned children of a distant relative. Abby and Will have had young lives full of tragedy. Life with Violet offers love and safety, but as they grow up their past won't let them be. Turning into teenagers only makes them more curious to know about life beyond the Liverpool streets they've come to know. Will they choose Violet, or the lure of bigger cities...

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