From the docks to the stage

A 1950s Liverpool teenager’s story — written by a present-day Liverpool teenager.

A historical novel about work, music, and finding a voice in post-war Britain.

In post-war Liverpool, the river decides who you become.

It is the late summer of 1957, and fifteen-year-old Patrick Flynn grows up beside the River Mersey, where cranes groan, ships arrive from across the Atlantic, and men leave home each morning unsure if they will return. When Patrick’s father, a dock labourer, is killed in a workplace accident, the family is left with no compensation, no security, and no choice but to survive.