The Mothers of Lovely Lane by Nadine Dorries

Liverpool nurses share hardship friendship and hope

Good Condition - with creased, scuffed covers, worn corners and a secondhand bookshop price label on the back.

St Angelus Hospital stands at the heart of a Liverpool community where its nurses encounter the hopes and troubles of families struggling through the 1950s. Sister Noreen Doherty takes pride in keeping her ward in order and inspiring the young women under her care. Beyond the hospital, Brenda Ryan faces depression after her husband's death, while her daughter Lorcan dreams of a life that reaches past the limits others expect for her. Work, family and neighbourhood loyalties bring their stories into contact, with moments of warmth set against illness, grief and difficult choices. Nadine Dorries continues the Lovely Lane saga with a portrait of women finding strength in friendship and the everyday responsibilities that bind a community together.