Darkest Before Dawn

Name: Darkest Before Dawn
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781407983882

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 13 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 12/01/2005

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

When the Todd's move into a flat on the Scotland Road, they are strangers to city life: their previous home was a canal barge. Harry gets a job as warehouse manager and his wife, Martha, works in a grocer’s shop, whilst Seraphina trains as a teacher, Angela works in Bunney’s Department Store and young Evie starts at regular school. Then circumstances change and Seraphina takes a job in Lyon’s Corner House. Customers vie for her favours, including an old friend, Toby. When war is declared, the older girls join up, leaving Evie and Martha to cope with rationing and the terrible raids on Liverpool. Meanwhile, Toby is a Japanese POW, working on the Burma railway and dreaming of Seraphina…

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 June on June 05, 2013

This is a gentle heartwarming story about three girls and their mother who all find love. The girls are aged 18, 15 and 10 when World War 2 begins, and being set in Liverpool they go through the bombing raids and destruction. It might seem strange to describe a book set in a war as gentle but even t......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on February 27, 2018

Really enjoyed this book. Love books set in this era and this book was no exception. Recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Grooveyem on October 23, 2017

Quite slow and gentle story, it took me a while to get into it, however I ended up really quite invested though I wasn't overly fond of the ending; it felt a little abrupt following the buildup. I usually like my books a bit snappier and can understand why some thought it was boring, however I found......more

Goodreads review by O'Train on June 07, 2022

The book that I am rating 5 stars, is this one. Haven't read any other books of the author as of yet, but I'll be damn sure to get others. The Todd family is starting their life anew by moving to the city that is strangely new to them. Love is tested between Seraphina - Eldest girl in Todd family an......more

Goodreads review by Hemant on July 03, 2020

This is the first Katie Flynn book I’ve read, and this did not disappoint. She introduces the characters so well, and you just want to find out more about them. The characters and the sets / scenes are described in such exorbitant details that it gets a little boring and stretched at times . The boo......more