| Joan
Jonker |
 Joan
Jonker was born and bred in Liverpool. She founded the charity-run
organisation Victims of Violence and she lives in Southport with her
son. She has two sons and two grandsons.
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| Joan
Jonker Books |
 Down
our Street
World War II is over and Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough are excited because their sons are coming home and their eldest children are to marry each other.
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 Home
is where the heart is
When fun-loving Eileen Gillmoss finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, her husband is determined the family should move to more spacious accommodation.
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 Last
tram to Lime Street
Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough were newlyweds when they became neighbours. Over the years their friendship helped them through lean times.
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 Man
of the house
On VE Day the whole population of Liverpool turned out to celebrate, and Eileen Gillmoss was the life and soul of the party. After five
years, her husband would be coming home.
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 Stay
in your own backyard
Molly Bennett struggles to bring up her children on her husband's wage, but she has an abundance of things money can't buy - a home filled with love and laughter.
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 Sweet
Rosie O'Grady
From the author of
LAST TRAM TO LIME STREET, a saga set in Liverpool in the 1940s, where the arrival of a young Irish girl brightens the lives of two women.
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 Try
a little tenderness
Jenny and Laura Nightingale are as different as chalk and cheese. Jenny has a pretty face and a lively sense of humour; Laura is spoilt and moody and never far from trouble.
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 Walking
my baby back home
Since Dot Baker lost her husband she's tried to keep his memory alive. John Kershaw is a kind and caring man who can't seem do enough for the Bakers and their friends.
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 When
one door closes
For Mary Bradshaw and her widowed mother life is full of rationing, blackouts and the wail of the air-raid siren. During the worst air raid Liverpool has ever
suffered....
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 Sadie
was a Lady
Sadie has been abused by her parents since she learned to walk, and tries to protect her brothers and sisters from a similar fate.
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 Dream
a little dream
Edie Dennison was a sweet and innocent girl when she met her husband Robert.
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 The
pride of Polly Perkins
A Liverpool saga about a 14-year-old girl who finds herself selling flowers, but finds her life is changed forever when she sells a buttonhole to a member of the gentry.
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 Taking
a chance on Love
Ginny Porter and Joan Flynn have been friends ever since they were toddlers. Now, they are to be found at the counter of the local Woolworths or the Dunlop tyre factory.
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 After
the dance is over
There's never a dull moment when Nellie McDonough and Molly Bennett get together, and there's always something to keep them busy in their Liverpool street.
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