Annie Murray books

Book - The Narrowboat Girl Ref: 487
by Annie Murray.

Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her father, then her mother marries the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Norman is not at all what he seems, as Maryann and her sister discover..

The chance of a new life opens up for Maryann when she befriends Joel Bartholomew. Aboard his narrowboat 'Esther Jane', she finds herself falling in love with life on the canal, until Joel's feelings for Maryann begin to change, awakening all the old nightmares that she had thought long buried. In panic and confusion she takes flight.....

Softback. 458 pages. 11.1cms x 17.7cms approx.

Price: £6.99

Book - Water Gypsies Ref: 873
by Annie Murray. (A sequel to 'The Narrowboat Girl')

It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the 'Esther Jane'. The walls of her security are broken down when Joel suffers an accident and, to keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, into the privacy of her life.

And when she discovers that someone keeps calling for her a Birmingham's Tyseley Wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her.

Softback. 458 pages.011cms x 17.6cms approx.

Price: £6.99

Book - Chocolate Girls Ref: 903
by Annie Murray.

A spellbinding saga of three very different women whose lives become entwined by war and their work at the Cadbury's chocolate factory in Bourneville - and their love for a child.

Softback. 518 pages. 11.1cms x 17.7cms approx.

Price: £5.99