Lifetimes

Josie grows up on the terraced streets of Manchester in the Fifties and Sixties, a momentous period of change. The schools she attended, the streets she walked and the places she worked have since been demolished. Lifetimes records what they were, and what it was to live through them.

Through one woman’s journey — decimalisation, the first man on the moon, the arrival of supermarkets, colour television, the Swinging Sixties, the regeneration of the inner city — the novel maps the full sweep of modern British life. It is a story of joy and heartache. Will maturity bring Josie gain?