‘And here we have it,’ Paddy said. ‘The lights of Liverpool. We’re home.’
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I thank above all Wayne Brookes who gave me my wings, who appreciates my poetry and makes me laugh.
Camilla Elworthy for bearing with my Franglais.
Louise Buckley who is getting used to me; I’m not easy to digest.
Avril Cain for research into local industries and their placement.
Liverpool just for being here with a rich, fascinating history.
Fudge, one, two, three, four, tail at the back makes five, good boy. It was time to go, sweetheart.
Hello, Blazer – God help me. He’s half French mastiff (Hooch) half Lab and completely confused. He understands neither English nor French, so I use German. He doesn’t understand that, either.
Readers – you’re the main reason for what I do. Thank you. Ruthie.
Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including Mulligan’s Yard, The Judge’s Daughter, The Reading Room, Mersey View, That Liverpool Girl and Lights of Liverpool. She has become one of the north-west of England’s most popular writers. She was born in Bolton, which is the setting for many of her novels, and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She now lives in Liverpool.
By Ruth Hamilton
A Whisper to the Living
With Love From Ma Maguire
Nest of Sorrows
Billy London’s Girls
Spinning Jenny
The September Starlings
A Crooked Mile
Paradise Lane
The Bells of Scotland Road
The Dream Sellers
The Corner House
Miss Honoria West
Mulligan’s Yard
Saturday’s Child
Matthew & Son
Chandler’s Green
The Bell House
Dorothy’s War
A Parallel Life
Sugar and Spice
The Judges Daughter
The Reading Room
Mersey View
That Liverpool Girl
Lights of Liverpool
A Liverpool Song
Mersey View first published 2010 by Macmillan
That Liverpool Girl first published 2011 by Macmillan
Lights of Liverpool first published 2012 by Macmillan
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Copyright © Ruth Hamilton 2010, 2011, 2012
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