The Skylark's Song

by Audrey Howard

Zoe was born in the poorest street in Liverpool. As the youngest of five children her life in Merseyside slum meant brutality, degration and appaling poverty. But Zoe was bright, sensitive and determined to escape. Freedom would bring her wealth, luxury and love - and heartache she could never have imagined...

Genres: Historical Romance, Historical Fiction

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1984

About the author

Audrey Howard was born on 1929 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, and grew up in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, where she lives in her childhood home.

Before she began to write she had a variety of jobs, among them hairdresser, model, shop assistant, cleaner and civil servant. In 1981, while living in Australia, she wrote the first of her bestselling novels published since 1984. In 1988, her novel The Juniper Bush won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reviews

[Kelly Dawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book that I really enjoyed, for the most part. It held me in thrall nearly the entire way through. The historical aspects were great, obviously well researched and well written, it made me feel like I was right there, walking the back streets of the slums with the characters. The dialogue of the times was realistic.
There were times I found it really hard to like the heroine, though and the ending ruined it for me completely. The heroine came across as a horrible, self-entitled user, to be honest. And there wasn't a HEA at all, which I found disappointing. It ends without a real resolution.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book, couldn't put it down all the way through, but I must say I was hugely disappointed in the ending. The main character Zoe, was extremely selfish from a very young age, and only thought about number one, and the love interest Jonathan lacked any kind of character or strength - which was fine on both accounts, as that's just how they were! But in relation to the way the book ended, it made for a bit of a let down. I would still definitely recommend it as a great read though!

[christina thomas-smith]

good book really good book