Annie Murray, author
Books
This page will tell you about each of the books. I have 16 titles in print, the latest of which is All the Days of Our Lives…. If you click on any of the titles it will tell you a little about the book and how it came about.
So many people contact me to ask about the order in which they should read my books that I have added a reading guide as to which books stand alone (most of them in fact) and which are part of a pair or trilogy. I hope that helps.
OUT MARCH 2nd
My Daughter, My Mother
In 1984 two young mothers meet at a toddler group in Birmingham. As their friendship grows, they share with each other the difficulties and secrets in their lives: Joanne, a sweet, shy girl, is increasingly afraid of her husband. The lively, promising man she married has become hostile and violent and she is too ashamed to tell anyone. When her mother, Margaret is suddenly rushed into hospital, the bewildered family find that there are things about their mother of which they had no idea. Margaret was evacuated from Birmingham as a child and has spent years avoiding the pain of her childhood – but finds that you can’t run from the past forever. …
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OUT NOW
All the Days of Our Lives
It is 1946: the War is over and three young women face a new kind of life. But peacetime brings its own pressures for Katie, Em and Molly…
Completing the trilogy which begins with A Hopscotch Summer and Soldier Girl, All the Days of Our Lives is the story of three girls who first met in a Birmingham classroom in the 1930s, each facing life with all its joys, sorrows and surprises.
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