A Family Christmas
Young Jimmy and Mo Trewin have been abandoned to the care of the mean-spirited Mrs Huxtable after their mother has died and their father has gone back to the Merchant Navy. When Mo falls foul of the violent and vindictive Cyril Huxtable, Jimmy decides they must flee from Liverpool. With no plan, no money and Christmas looming, they are lucky enough to meet up with Glenys Trent, a young schoolteacher who has just lost her job. The three of them head to Wales in search of the Trewins’ estranged grandparents. But they have no idea where to find the family farm, and meanwhile Cyril Huxtable has other plans for them.
Katie Flynn’s Liverpool novels are inspired by family reminiscences, and her lively descriptions of service in the ATS are based on real-life diaries. To be honest there isn’t a great deal about Christmas in the book (despite the title!), but her many fans will enjoy following the fortunes of the Trewin children and Glenys from pre-Blitz Liverpool to rural Wales, through the Second World War and beyond.
