The Girl from Seaforth Sands

Name: The Girl from Seaforth Sands
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781407983769

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 11/01/2001

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Amy Logan’s family are poor but proud. They scrape a living by shrimping for the big Liverpool fish market, which Amy hates. It’s only because her beloved, and strict, mother rules her with a rod of iron that she mucks in. But Isobel Logan dies in childbirth, and Amy and her brothers start to run wild. Matters aren’t helped when her father marries Suzie Keagan from down the street: Until now, Suzie has managed to conceal a dislike for housekeeping and she forces Amy to slave at chores. Desperate to escape, Amy leaves home to take her first job. But her happiness is short-lived for her father becomes gravely ill. She must return home and take her place within the family once again . . .

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 August 23, 2018

I read this book some time ago and I really enjoyed the story. Very well written and very hard to put down. Storytelling at it's best.......more

Goodreads review by jacqueline bright on April 08, 2020

Intriguing This was a lovely book to read. Even though the ending was not a surprise it kept me enthralled. Nice characters and an on-site into the life of the people.......more

Goodreads review by Barbra on December 13, 2009

This was an ok read, Back Cover Blurb: Liverpool, 1902. Bill and Isobel Logan scratch a living by selling their shrimps around the streets of Liverpool, but Amy, their youngest daughter, hates the work, particularly the smell, about which their neighbour, Paddy Keagan, constantly taunts her. When Isobe......more

Goodreads review by Heather on February 03, 2013

This was a fairly standard Katie Flynn novel. Easy to read and non taxing. Enjoyable but slightly more predictable than her normal books I thought. I did find that there were a few more characters than usual and found all the different girls a bit confusing. I found Mary's final romance totally lack......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on December 31, 2011

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Katie Flynn has the ability to make the reader feel as if they are living the story in the era in which it is set. In-depth information is imparted in such a way that the facts seep into conscious awareness, adding to and rather than, spoiling the flow of the tale. I......more