A Christmas Gift

By: Katie Flynn

Narrated by: Anne Dover

Brought to you by Penguin.

Cosy up with the gorgeous novel from Sunday Times Number One Bestselling author, Katie Flynn

Liverpool, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent step-father in the middle of the night, and finds herself stranded on a station platform completely alone.

Desperate to know what has become of her beloved mother, who she had no choice but to leave behind, Lizzy returns the next day only to find her home deserted. Devastated, Lizzy joins forces with her old school friend Dolly and Clara, an escaped evacuee, and vows to find her mother whatever it takes.

But the war rages on and demands on the home front take Lizzy’s life in a host of unexpected directions, and hopes of finding her mother gradually start to fade.

If Lizzy can muster the strength to keep searching, she might just get her Christmas wish after all.


Praise for Katie Flynn
'One of the country's most popular storytellers' Scottish Daily Record

'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express

‘A heartwarming story of love and loss’ Woman's Weekly

‘One of the best Liverpool writers’ Liverpool Echo

'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail

Critic reviews

A poignant family story

Moving

The setting was so very real and described so well, I felt I was there.

Great writing, not too flowery, and not mundane, it opened up a real world with real people. I thought at first it may have been a young adult story novel, but ended with just enough nuance and complexity to make it engaging and appropriate for more mature readers. The historical era events were made real and the characters very relatable. I journeyed right along with the mother and daughter characters and their quest to find the happiness and peace from before their violent separation.