First Love, Last Love

Name: First Love, Last Love
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781407983172

Author: Katie Flynn, Judith Saxton

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 17 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 01/01/2020

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

It wasn't a privileged childhood, but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream, brought up in a fisherman's cottage on the edge of the cold North Sea, were content to leave privilege where it belonged: with their friends the Wintertons. Christina Winterton was the same age as Sybil and the two girls were inseparable, but it was Lizzie whom Ralph Winterton, three years older, found irresistible. Then war came to East Anglia, and so did Manchester-born Fenn Kitzmann, now of the American Army Air Force. At their first meeting he is attracted by Sybil's subtle charm, but before he sees her again her own personal tragedy has struck, and he finds her changed almost out of recognition…

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 Neha on July 03, 2018

This is not merely a love story. It's a heart-breaking saga of guilt, selflessness, family, loss, and war, for sure- with love overpowering them in some way or the other, it isn't still a true love story, see. The actual romance begins on page 409 and the book ends on 512, so no, I don't consider it a......more

Goodreads review by Bev on June 11, 2022

What I really loved about this book was all the detail about what everyday life was like for the characters. It made me appreciate just how much life has changed in the last 70 years or so.......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on May 04, 2024

Another good read from Katie Flynn (writing as Judith Saxton). Judy Turner, her real name, was born in Norwich so this is why the city and East Anglia features so much in her books. I'm Norwich born myself so I can relate to her descriptions of the city and surrounding towns and villages. I notice t......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on March 09, 2019

Absolutely loved this book as it was set in Norfolk, I was born in this county so was lovely toimagine the characters walking along streets I knew in Norwich City. Would highly recommend this book had me hooked right from the beginning.......more

Goodreads review by Jane on March 14, 2021

Brilliant Read I really enjoyed this book. People called the GI's but although Fenn was born in England, he escaped to America and comes over to England to fight in the war and helps his first love.......more