The Leaving of Liverpool

It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been lost and street after street plunged into mourning. Now at last the war is finally over. Emily Parkinson goes back into service and enjoys the return to normality. But Emily's younger sister Phoebe-Ann has ideas beyond her station. Working as a lady's maid Phoebe-Ann hopes that one day she will be more than just a confidante to her mistress's shell-shocked brother James Mercer. When Emily is brutally attacked the sisters' lives come close to ruin. Phoebe-Ann is forced to leave the Mercer household and falls into the arms of Jake Malone of the notorious Malone clan. But as Emily slowly recovers it seems that Phoebe-Ann might just be able to escape the mistakes of her past after all - even if it does mean leaving Liverpool…