The Penny Wedding by Jessica Stirling - ISBN: 9780340618219
Paperback
New home, shattered dreams, forbidden love, family tested by poverty.

The Penny Wedding

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 1995

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Summary

The Burnsides’ move from Glasgow’s tenement slums to the sunny new suburbs of Flannery Park brings hope to all members of the family. But heartbreak awaits among the tidy gardens and green lawns and soon seventeen-year-old Alison is forced to take on responsibility for her out-of-work father and brothers and put her own ambitions aside.

Love as well as loss threatens Alison’s future, however, and leads her into a relationship with teacher Jim Abbott, an affair which her brothers, even…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340618219
ISBN-10:0340618213
Author:Jessica Stirling
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder & Stoughton
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:31 March 1995
Weight:288g
Dimensions:179mm x 111mm x 34mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes.

Jessica Stirling’s high reputation is well deserved. - Manchester Evening News

She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes. - Glasgow Herald

Jessica Stirling is one of Scotland’s most prolific and best-loved authors. - Scottish Daily Record

One of the best. - Bookseller

About The Author

Jessica Stirling

Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.

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