Maggie
A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity
$36.37
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2013
Summary
Raised in Stepney, the heart of London’s East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at the age of fifteen she is delighted, for it means she has captured her beloved Jim Burns.
But life is a constant struggle - to bring up her four sons, to cope with a part-time husband, to ‘better herself’. And that struggle is set against critical events of the era: the Depression, the Blackshirt marches, the devastation of World War II and its aftermath.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444767193 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444767194 |
| Author: | Lena Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 110mm x 36mm |
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‘So real it feels as if someone you love is telling her own story’
So real it feels as if someone you love is telling her own story - Sun
A story-telling tour de force. Sentimental, romantic and very saleable, this will appeal to every reader who adored The Thorn Birds - Publishers WeeklyA remarkable story and a remarkable book - Daily ExpressAbout The Author
Lena Kennedy
Lena Kennedy lived all her life in the East End of London and wrote with great energy about the people and times she knew there. She was 67 before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted for publication. Since then her novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August 1986.
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