Two Pennorth of Sky, Katie Flynn
Two Pennorth of Sky, Katie Flynn
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Two Penn'orth of Sky

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 09/01/2004

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

Emmy Dickens lives with her widowed mother in a neat house in neglected Nightingale Court, but Mrs Dickens has always impressed upon her daughter that her main aim in life must be to escape from the court. Emmy sees that marriage is her best way out and when Peter Wesley, First Officer aboard a cruise ship, asks her to marry him, she is over the moon. Life goes well for the newly-weds, they set up home and start a family. But when Peter is killed and Emmy is left almost penniless, her problems begin…

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 أسامة on November 19, 2017

the story is about the hard life of a mother and her daugher struggling to survive alone, and adapt to two levels of living , from easy rich to hard poor life . however the story may interest more the girls .......more

Goodreads review by Jeannette on February 22, 2019

This story is convincingly set in a working class English neighborhood in the 1920's. While the author has a sure sense of human nature in general, the children are in some ways drawn most deftly.......more

Goodreads review by Bernadette on January 12, 2019

Brilliant Couldn't put it down, a heart warming story of love and friendship. I hope there is a follow up to this, Katie Flynn knows how to keep it interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Jane on February 02, 2022

Sad and Happy, all in one book This book is one of the best books that Katie Flynn has written. Poor Emmy went through so much in her life, being happy when she married Peter and giving birth to her daughter. Then being sad when her husband died and ended up nearly losing her own life, then along com......more

Goodreads review by alison on January 30, 2018

lovely gentle story. I really enjoyed it.......more