TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riley,Sheila
TI  - The Mersey mistress
T2  - Reckoner's Row
SN  - 9781800485754
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Leicester [England]
PB  - Thorpe, Boldwood
KW  - Families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Brothers and sisters
KW  - Liverpool (England)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - Large type books
N2  - 1910 Liverpool Docks. Ruby Swift is a hard-working, straight-talking woman of substance who does not suffer fools gladly. But when tragedy strikes on a bitter Christmas Eve, Ruby and her beloved Archie take matters into their own hands when a trusted employee's house is mysteriously engulfed by flames and lives are lost. Orphaned by the fire, Ruby welcomes heartbroken sixteen-year-old Anna Cassidy, into her home and family but circumstances conspire against them and she is unable to save Anna's twelve-year-old brother Sam Cassidy, who is sent by the Church to Canada as a Homeboy. Can Ruby help mend a broken heart and can these two children ever be reunited or is there another higher game in play?
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