I was a big fan of the previous books and wasn't disappointed here either. Lovely writing style as always and I adored being able to revisit some of the characters we'd met in the previous books.

I loved the 2 previous books,this one was amazing. Thank you Pam Howes!
Cathy and Gianni's journey had its ups and downs but what a wonderful ending.

A really lovely story that comes to life care of the author’s lovely writing style. This era fascinated me so I love any book set then and this one is excellent.

The Nurses of Lark Lane catches up with the characters that are in The Shop Girls of Lark Lane. This book focuses more on Cathy though, Alice’s daughter, and reads well as a stand alone.

It was great to catch up with the characters again and I loved the young lady that Cathy has become. I loved her strength and determination in not giving up on her dreams. She has an old head on young shoulders and she doesn’t take fools gladly.

The author really brings to life the era the book is set in with mention of different style clothes and the hair styles. I also loved the new and old friendships that Cathy strikes up. It was great to gain a bit more knowledge as Cathy embarks on her dream of becoming a nurse. It really makes for some addictive reading.

The Nurses of Lark Lane is an engaging, page turner of a read. There are characters you love and some you definitely love to hate. I loved the familiarity of the characters whilst getting to know some better as well as some new ones also. I loved Cathy’s journey and didn’t want it to end. The down side to this authors books is as they are so compelling, it leaves me desperate for more. Highly recommended.

It is 1955 in Liverpool, England, and Alice Dawson along with Cathy Lomax and her two other daughters, Sandra and Rosie are just keeping their head above water, by living on Alice's income from the haberdashery store where she works as a supervisor. So far, the women are glad to see the back of Alice's second husband and Cathy's stepfather, Jack Dawson, who turned out to be a good for nothing drunkard and abusive husband and father. He spends all the money earned on alcohol and his floozies. He abuses his wife, his own daughters, but mostly his stepdaughter Cathy sexually, physically, emotionally and financially. Unfortunately, Alice learnt too late that she should have taken her former mother in law's advice as well as her best friends Sadie and Millie's against marrying him, but now it's too late as she feels powerless to stand up to him and obtain a divorce, as he always seeks to cause trouble. Then there comes matters that complicate things. Cathy, Alice's first child and eldest daughter from her late first husband Terry Lomax, wants to be a nurse but their family life and finances puts paid to her dreams for the time being, and she's forced to quit school and work to support the family. Cathy never liked her stepfather because of his bullying and troublesome behaviour, so she always seeks an excuse to see very little of him. She spends more time with her Grandma Lomax, who is very happy to accommodate her, as well as her friend Deb and her love interest and longtime childhood friend, Gianni Romano, Sadie's son. Eventually, Cathy gets accepted into a cadet nurse training program where she gets the chance to move out of home and pursue her dream. Gianni is in love with Cathy, he always has been and therefore he wants them to be together permanently in the form of marriage and raising a family, but Cathy is focused on her career goal because she wants to be self reliant and sufficient, and to not end up like her mam, despondent over a man who ultimately let her down. In the end, can Cathy have both love and a fulfilling career, and finally be happy? Or will she be forced to choose between one and the other? Overall, this was a good book. I liked reading the scenes where Cathy and her friends go to clubs to listen and dance to rock n roll songs that were popular in the 1950s, like Elvis Presley. This book also highlights the limitations that women faced in the 1950s especially when it comes to reporting assaults and working, as men still heavily dominated most of them. However, I felt that the ending chapters were too rushed. They didn't seem to flow properly.