One of bestselling author Katie Flynn's contemporary novels reissued for the first time
For the shopkeepers who work in the Arcade in the seaside town of Haisby, life is not always easy.
Diane Hopgood has moved from the bright lights of London to start a fashion boutique, expecting a quiet life, she finds both love and drama.
Anthea, her assistant, has finally managed to free herself of the dark memories of her fathers sadistic abuse. But a terrible event changes everything for her.
Marj cooks and waits tables at the wine bar, under the watchful eye of Martin, a chef of undoubted genius, despite his passion for women. Why has he never noticed Marj, though?
As the shopkeepers struggle to make a living, each of them finds their life changing over the course of one eventful year.
Katie Flynn has lived for many years in the north-west. A compulsive writer, she started with short stories and articles and many of her early stories were broadcast on Radio Merseyside. She decided to write her Liverpool series after hearing the reminiscences of family members about life in the city in the early years of the twentieth century. She also writes as Judith Saxton. For the past few years, she has had to cope with ME but has continued to write.
