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Praise for Judy Summers
I thoroughly enjoyed this book The characters are well drawn and believable Lyn Andrews
Fascinating insights into Victorian Liverpool and a heartwarming story make for an inspiring read Mollie Walton
Can she save her family when they need her the most
Liverpool 1847 At seventeen Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must take charge when her mother and brother die in a tragic manner and her father is left disabled in an accident at the docks
Taking care of the cooking cleaning washing and childcare is hard enough but when they can no longer afford to live in the family home Delilah must make the heartbreaking choice to leave it and to take two of her younger sisters to the workhouse
Determined to earn enough to get them back Delilah conjures up a plan to start a flowerselling business with the support of her new friends Irish siblings Bridget and Frank as well as trusted dockworker Abraham
But as her fathers drinking habit gets worse and her siblings grow weaker Delilah must ask whether she can really forge a better life for her family before its too late
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