Nelly Kelly
An uplifting tale of grit and determination in the most desperate of circumstances
$37.98
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2013
Summary
In the turmoil and confusion of London’s East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectations. Forced to keep house for her autocratic, charming father, Nelly toils in a sweatshop to keep her family fed and clothed.
But when life is hard, Nelly has friendship, dancing and her early dreams to cling to. Dreams which slowly crumble as marriage, the war and a lost baby are followed by the heartache of a lost love.
Fortune may crush he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444767254 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444767259 |
| Author: | Lena Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 110mm x 26mm |
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Lena Kennedy is the genuine article
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About 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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