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Au Revoir Liverpool (2011)

by Maureen Lee(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0752876678 (ISBN13: 9780752876672)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Orion

review 1: Au Revoir Liverpool by Maureen Lee c 2011 Maureen Lee sets the majority of her novels in Liverpool, England during WWII. Au Revoir Liverpool begins in 1937 and ends with the allied liberation. Our heroine, Jessica, grows in depth and confidence as the story progresses. Unhappily married and staying in the marriage 'for the sake of the children', she is unwittingly enchanted by a flamboyant older man and their one afternoon of indiscretion results in loss for Jessica. Her mean-spirited husband steals her home and children - a home paid for by an inheritance left to her by her beloved father. Today's readers would be appalled by this! It is a reflection of the times. Undaunted Jessica finds office work at a munitions factory. Later to aid an elderly Jewish fri... moreend, she travels to Paris and is strapped their during the German occupation giving us insight to everyday life in an occupied country. There is also a love story for the romantics out there. I felt I knew this woman and could empathize with her. Lee is fluid and easy to read, carrying us along on Jessica's journey. I for one found this a satisfying read with believable characters.
review 2: An unexpected story set in the 1930s of a young woman whose boring married life is turned upside down after a moment of passion with her stepfather. It's not an abuse story but it does highlight how the double standard operated, since Jessica loses everything and her stepfather hardly seems to suffer at all. After that, her life takes on some unexpected and rather unlikely turns and she finds herself in Paris as World War II is starting.I enjoyed the plot although I found it very hard to believe in places. I didn't like any of the characters very much, the worst being Jessica who seemed to have no self respect and drifted into relationships with any man who fancied her. However, it was much less of a classic romance than I expected and I did appreciate that spark of unpredictability in it. less

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