Betsy's War: A gritty and heartwarming Liverpool saga

In this gritty saga set in Liverpool, comes a heartfelt story of new love and hope in times of war from the acclaimed author of Angel of Liverpool.

A wartime secret . . .

Betsy Drew has one thing on her mind – the hope that Alvis Dooley might someday glance in her direction. In Liverpool at the outbreak of the Second World War, everyone is fearful of what Hitler might do next, but Betsy dreams of a future with Alvis. Until one afternoon he finally notices her and her life changes for ever.

On the fateful night that bombs are dropped on Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Betsy’s mother, full of shame that her daughter has given birth unwed, sees an opportunity and tells a devastating lie – that Betsy’s baby is gone.

Years later, Betsy is granted a second chance: a love that can conquer all. But it is a love built on a terrible secret. Though her mother and the nuns at the orphanage thought they were doing what was best for her when they gave away her child, their lie could be the very thing that destroys her . . . A gritty saga and heartfelt story of new love and hope during the Second World War, this is the final book in the Liverpool Orphans trilogy.

Betsy's War is the third book by Eliza Morton in the Liverpool Orphans trilogy, following from The Orphans of Liverpool Lane and The Children Left Behind.

© 2025 Macmillan (Lydbog): 9781035015269

Release date

Lydbog: 17. juli 2025