I've not read any of Maureen Lee's books for ages. I quite enjoyed this one and at times felt sorry for Jessica, as everything that happened to her seemed to be due to the fact that she'd a moment of passion with someone that she should never have been with. It just goes to show that the rash decisions we make in life can often affect our future and in Jessica's case it wasn't for the better at the start.A lovely tale and an ideal way to spend the time it takes to read, reading it. I picked up this book because it looked romantic and its set in liverpool, where my family comes from. Set in the 1940's, it tells the story of an ordinary person's problems in the midst of the colossal problems of the world.It's mostly light-hearted, but emotionally powerful on many occasions. At the beggining of the book, Jessica is unloved, unappreciated and easily bullied; her children are her only comfort in a marriage in which her husband, Bertie, is extraordiarily unkind to her. At the end of the book, having been abandoned and cruelly deprived of her children, having survived the horrific second world war in occupied Paris, having realised that she's not as thick as Bertie had made her think she was, she discovers her own courage to 'keep calm and carry on'. Extremely beautiful, she captivates the heart of every man she meets: everyone is in love with her - including Bertie! The characters were very real to me, and although I didn't approve of a lot of the stuff the main character did, in retrospect there's a lot of stuff that I've done in my own life that wasn't dissimilar, and I think that's the point. A truly beautiful story, easy to read and uplifting. I think Maureen Lee might even be one of my favorite authors! :)
Do You like book Au Revoir Liverpool (2011)?
Set in Liverpool at the outbreak of the 2nd world war. Enjoyable saga with good characters.
—noor
Good book set during WWII. Takes place partly in England and partly in Paris.
—Nicky
Really enjoyed this book, a good light hearted easy to read book :)
—drfrankk
it was okay. did enjoy it but wouldn't rave about it
—Priyadarshini
