Packed full of comical anecdotes that could only happen in Liverpool, this true story will break & warm your heart as the author takes you on a nostalgic journey in search of her mysterious roots. The family secrets she uncovered made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end, when,
after a 20-year search, she discovered that those roots appear to have been buried deep within her subconscious all along.
With a website following that acquired close to
300,000 hits in just a few short months - this book is an amazing story of amateur teamwork & is a
must-read, not only for anyone in search of their unknown mother or father, but for everyone whether interested in family history or just a great story.
Following the lives of her small, Catholic family through the
Great War, the
Great Depression & the
Second World War, this book pays homage to
“. . . a generation who were given little support from the country that they fought for and were often forced to rely on charity in the form of the workhouse . . .”
“. . . It’s a story about bigotry, tenacity and above all, hope; and all the struggles, fears, laughter and tears of a generation now dead and gone . . .”
With help from strangers, the truth eventually unfolds from an
unmarked grave in a London, Jewish cemetery, revealing the father who was nothing more than an ink blot on her birth certificate & who had been cloaked in a veil of mystery for almost sixty years . . . . . .
The DADDY of ALL MYSTERIES.
Written in honour of my parents & grandparents by Jess Welsby
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