The Leaving of Liverpool

On a cold February night in 1925, two teenage sisters, Mollie and Annemarie Kenny, escape from their home in a tiny Irish village after the death of their mother and suffering shocking abuse at the hands of their doctor father. They head to Liverpool, planning to board a ship to New York for a new life. However, a cruel twist of fate separates the girls just as the boat is about to sail, leaving Mollie stranded in Liverpool and Annemarie at the mercy of strangers in America. Their subsequent lives could not be more different: Annemarie discovers her future and fortune, while Mollie, devastated by guilt and grief, eventually carves out a new life in Liverpool. The Second World War then looms, bringing surprising consequences for the two sisters.

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