A Family Christmas
Contents (24)
Contents
About the Book
About the Author
Also by Katie Flynn
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Copyright
About the Book
Jimmy and Mo Trewin have been living with the cruel Mrs Huxtable since their mother died and their father left them. Life is miserable, but when Mrs Huxtable’s brutal son Cyril returns home, they are forced to run for their lives, leaving them homeless on the cold streets of Liverpool.
Young teacher Glenys Trent has just lost her job. With no family to turn to, she’s expecting a bleak Christmas, until fate leads Jimmy and Mo to her door.
Glenys’s lonely heart is touched by the two ragged children, and she agrees to help them find their mother’s family in Wales.
But the journey is fraught with danger as Cyril continues to pursue them. Will they ever find a place of safety?
About the Author
Katie Flynn has lived for many years in the north-west. A compulsive writer, she started with short stories and articles and many of her early stories were broadcast on Radio Merseyside. She decided to write her Liverpool series after hearing the reminiscences of family members about life in the city in the early years of the twentieth century. For many years she has had to cope with ME, but has continued to write. She also writes as Judith Saxton.
Also available by Katie Flynn
A Liverpool Lass
The Girl from Penny Lane
Liverpool Taffy
The Mersey Girls
Strawberry Fields
Rainbow’s End
Rose of Tralee
No Silver Spoon
Polly’s Angel
The Girl from Seaforth Sands
The Liverpool Rose
Poor Little Rich Girl
The Bad Penny
Down Daisy Street
A Kiss and a Promise
Two Penn’orth of Sky
A Long and Lonely Road
The Cuckoo Child
Darkest Before Dawn
Orphans of the Storm
Little Girl Lost
Beyond the Blue Hills
Forgotten Dreams
Sunshine and Shadows
Such Sweet Sorrow
A Mother’s Hope
In Time for Christmas
Heading Home
A Mistletoe Kiss
The Lost Days of Summer
Christmas Wishes
The Runaway
A Sixpenny Christmas
The Forget-Me-Not Summer
A Christmas to Remember
Time to Say Goodbye
Available by Katie Flynn writing as Judith Saxton
You Are My Sunshine
First Love, Last Love
Someone Special
Still Waters
A Family Christmas
Katie Flynn
For Jean Hughes: If there are any mistakes
in the book they are mine; the bits I got
right are thanks to Jean.
Acknowledgements
I am extremely grateful to Lyn Davies who heard I was hoping to meet someone who would be willing to talk to me about their life in WWII in the ATS. She put me in touch with Jean Hughes who at the age of 92 still has fantastic memories of being on the AckAck sites and kept a marvellous diary of her experiences, a copy of which she gave me.