A Long and Lonely Road, Katie Flynn
A Long and Lonely Road, Katie Flynn
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A Long and Lonely Road

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2005

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

Rose McAllister is waiting for her husband, Steve, to come home. He is a seaman, often drunk and violent. Rose does her best to cope and sees that her daughters, Daisy and Petal, suffer as little as possible. Sensing that war is on the horizon, Steve tries to reform, but on his last night home, he pawns the girls' new dolls to go on a drinking binge. When war is declared, Rose finds a good job but agrees the children must be evacuated. War brings hardship and difficulty for the girls and Rose as they face the destruction of their home and cruelty at the hands of others…

About Katie Flynn

Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy's unique stories were inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82.The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant to her mother for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels.Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she's not writing she enjoys walking her two lurchers, Sparky and Snoopy, in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods such as pies, cakes and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories, which she and her mother devised together, with readers in the years to come.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley on December 03, 2017

Read this book a few times and it's a story that had me reaching for my tissues. Recommended......more

Goodreads review by Roughseasinthemed on June 11, 2016

Terribly pedestrian writing. One of Arrow's best author's? Battered woman gets new life and new man. And it takes hundreds of pages to say that?......more

Goodreads review by Jocelet Collins on August 22, 2018

Not as great Unfortunately this book is not as fantastic as any of the other Kate Flynn books, although definitely worth reading for sure, I feel it ended a little different to her other novels and the story could have taken different lines, maybe this was deliberately done incase she wanted to conti......more

Goodreads review by dave jones on August 31, 2020

Loved it Really enjoyed the book, Katie Flynn writes fantastic books and the detail in the story is so in-depth you can imagine it very clearly can’t wait to get started on my next book.......more

Goodreads review by rosemonde hartley on August 07, 2018

It was a very enjoyable story, but a bit disappointed with the ending.......more