The Redmond Family Duology
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Book 1
Anne is the youngest of the eight Fitzgerald children, loved and petted by her older brothers and sisters and secure amid their extended family in Liverpool's Everton district. When Sarah Redmond introduces Anne to her brother John, there is an unspoken attraction between them, but John goes to Spain to fight with the International Brigade. Only when war breaks out do they marry and have three children, with whom Anne hopes to recreate her happy childhood home. But John is busy pursuing his own ambitions, and Anne wonders if she will ever live in the nest of singing birds she dreams of.
Book 2
Even as a child Laura Redmond resents the way her father speaks to her mother. She is unable to understand that in spite of his heated outbursts John Redmond is a loyal and loving man. As Laura grows up her anxious, protective love for her mother, Anne, leads to a love/hate relationship between father and daughter. Many think that this is because they are so alike - both uncompromising, outspoken and headstrong. Only Laura's great-grandmother recognises the truth. It takes many years filled with triumph and tragedy for the family, and the arrival of a very special man in Laura's life, before she can see things clearly and really understand the person she becomes proud to call her father.