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Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

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December 1938. Rozalin Sachs has grown up in the vibrant city of Frankfurt. But with the Nazi Revolu..

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