I too, grew up in this era (and in a catholic community), but we were not so naive or vulnerable as this community is portrayed. In the Four Streets in Liverpool, a dreadful murder has been committed, and 14-year-old Kitty Doherty is pregnant with the dead man’s child. This story has been used so much lately that it felt like the author had succumbed to the "flavour of the month". This gripping follow on from the bestselling The Four Streets finds the community alive with rumours and gossip after the murder which rocked it to the core.

HIDE HER NAME is the gripping sequel to Nadine Dorries's first bestseller, THE FOUR STREETS, shot through with darkness, but also filled with humour, warmth and charm. My books are based on the streets of Liverpool, or in the Liverpool hospitals where I trained as a nurse, or at one of my favourite places in the world, the west coast of Ireland. This was the first of this series I had tried and the attitude of some of the priests and nuns is so absolutely what I can imagine. This gripping follow on from The Four Streets finds the community alive with rumours and gossip after the murder which rocked it to the core. This secret is so dangerous that her mother, Maura, and the redoubtable Kathleen, her best friend Nellie’s grandmother, decide the girls must be spirited away quietly to Ireland to await the birth of the baby.The inevitable time spent by Kitty at the convent was brilliantly conveyed - but I still want to know what happened to the escapee. So many loose ends to tie up - well done to Nadine Dorries - I only wish I had a fraction of her talent! This secret is so dangerous that her mother, Maura, and the redoubtable Kathleen, her best friend Nellie's grandmother, decide the girls must be spirited away quietly to Ireland to await the birth of the baby.

This story started very slowly and did jump from one set of people to another so was difficult to keep track of who was who. The story makes for uncomfortable reading in places but is so well written you just have to read on. As for the nuns and priests, even though there are often media reports of the wrongdoinsg of the priesthood, mostly in the past, I find it hard to believe in any civilised country the abbey nuns could have treated the girls so badly. I promise if you get caught up in these peoples lives it will be just like your setting at the table gossiping with the rest of the neighborhood ladies about the comings and goings cause none of them miss a trick.I also was so glad that "Kitty" found her inner strength and herself, as I was dreading her crumbling under the cruelty of the regime in the laundry run by the nuns. But there's more than one reference to blue and white Panda police cars which did not appear on the streets until the mid 1960's. One final query - Simon change brands for obvious reasons - almost as an aside -- but then apparently changed back again? Captivating, phenomenal and touching' ― 23 Review Street --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Fourteen-year-old Kitty Doherty, pregnant with the dead man's child, is a danger to everyone who needs to keep the secret. I find it hard to imagine how the families could have so many children whilst so poor, but then I am not Catholic. This is another gripping read which I just could not put down (like the other books in the trilogy, I read each one in a day they were that good) and I was so desperate to find out what would happen I stayed up way past my bedtime. The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel powerful' The Times .It follows on from the four streets and it isn't just a story, it involves a typical Irish close knit community and the problems that go along side it! Like the first book, The Four Streets, the story covers the lives of families living in The Four Streets area of Liverpool.

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Glad I hadn't taken notice who the author was because if I had realised it was the MP I probably wouldn't have bothered reading it. I echo everything thats been said by other five star reviews and applaud this author's talent for the fine interweaving of all the threads involved.Apart from that, it was both entertaining and very informative regarding the Catholic church and the Irish community in Liverpool and their reasons for wanting to go to America. The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel powerful' The Times. I thoroughly enjoyed it despite being thought provoking and bringing back memories of my Catholic school. I love books you get totally lost in and by the time you are finished you feel like you have known these people all along. I recognised the caring and uncaring nuns and felt that she gave a very fair picture of the close knit Irish Commnity.