Laceys of Liverpool by Maureen Lee

Maureen Lee
Laceys of Liverpool

'It wasn't fair. Alice had the best Lacey, now she had the best son.'

Alice Lacey couldn't be more different from her sister-in-law, the bitter, ambitious Cora. And when both women give birth to sons on one chaotic night in Liverpool in 1940, Cora's jealousy and resentment prompt her into an action with the most far-reaching consequences.

Alice's own happiness is soured when her husband, disfigured in an accident, turns against his family. As her marriage slowly begins to disintegrate, Alice looks for a life outside her home, and decides to buy the tiny hairdressers where she works. But to do this, she must first borrow money from Cora . . .