Product Description

When Bernard Walsh moved his family to Liverpool he did not expect his past to pursue him. But then Theresa Nolan, bent on revenge, arrived in the city. While she wrought havoc, two young girls trod paths separated by fate, but joined by blood, winding their routes towards the Corner House.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #617635 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

From the Back Cover
When, one dark night in 1939, young Theresa Nolan was brutally raped by three young men, it was the beginning of a series of tragic and dramatic events. For the young men were not criminals or vagrants, but the sons of wealthy and privileged businessmen. Pregnant, thrown out of her home by her bigoted father, Theresa vowed a lifetime of vengeance on the men who had wrecked her future. Physically frail, but filled with a burning anger that fuelled her weak body, she determined that nothing and no-one was going to deflect her from her path of retribution, not even the gentle man who cared for her during her sickness and whom she eventually came to love.

But there were others caught in the web of violence and deceit: Bernard Walsh and his brother Danny, and Eva, the midwife who had befriended Theresa and had seen her through her pregnancy. Above all there were two children, bonded together from birth, whose lives were to play their part in the drama of Theresa Nolan.

With all the rich characters and traditions of Liverpool and the north-west, Ruth Hamilton has created another magnificent story of passion and conflict.

About the Author
Ruth Hamilton
Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of A Whisper to the Living, With Love from Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Billy London's Girls, Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile, Paradise Lane, The Bells of Scotland Road, The Dream Sellers, The Corner House, Miss Honoria West and Mulligan's Yard. She has become one of the most popular authors who recreate the lives and places of the north-west of England. Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She now lives in Liverpool.

Customer Reviews

Not as good as Scotland Road, disappointed.
I am half way through the corner house and after reading other ruth hamilton books , i am finding this book hard to follow, it is not a book that i would call gripping and i can quite easily put it down after reading only a few pages, which i normally wouldnt do. i hope that the other half of the book which i have not read yet picks up, but overall i am disappointed

Present-day morality tale
Cliche-ridden formularised nonsense aimed at low-brow audience. Set in N. Liverpool, an amazing series of life-experiences shape a tale of revenge. All loose ends tie up in a Victorian morality tale elevated to the present day. No details spared.