Whose Turn for the Stairs?
$27.33
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2010
Summary
This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch of the street - Granny Thomson. And of course, all buoyed up by a big helping of Scottish humour and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755318926 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755318927 |
| Author: | Robert Douglas |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Scotland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 281g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
“The literary equivalent of a hot water bottle.”
An outstanding novel with a cast of characters so beautifully drawn that turning the last page feels like flitting out of 18 Dalbeattie Street - Daily Record
Pure dead brilliant, so it is… a rare old read for folk that were round and about in the Forties and Fifties - Edinburgh Evening NewsDouglas’s prose is simple and charming… this novel will appeal to fans of Douglas’s previous trips down memory lane - Scottish Review of BooksEchoes the bygone charm and ingrained hardship of growing up at a time when rationing and families living in single end tenements were commonplace, yet laughter never seemed in short supply - Evening TimesIt’s a braw read! - Hexham CourantThe literary equivalent of a hot water bottle - Historical Novels ReviewAbout The Author
Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas retired, aged fifty-five, in 1994. He intended to paint, write short stories and lie about the house watching old films. A one-off article he wrote about six weeks spent with a condemned man in Bristol prison led to him being told ‘You should write.’
So he did, and became a bestselling author. He hasn’t painted for years.
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