Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for the younger children. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the cruellest of hands, rendering the Prestons more helpless and desperate than ever. In a harsh world, small acts of kindness can bring great hope - Eli Beckett's offer of a job at the Dragon pub promises a better future for Carrie, especially as Eli's uncle has offered his nephew some spare land to ...
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Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for the younger children. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the cruellest of hands, rendering the Prestons more helpless and desperate than ever. In a harsh world, small acts of kindness can bring great hope - Eli Beckett's offer of a job at the Dragon pub promises a better future for Carrie, especially as Eli's uncle has offered his nephew some spare land to build a music room. With the great cities of England alive to the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not everyone in the town shares this excitement, and some will stop at nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain ...
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. First UK edition-first printing. Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new with light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages, small nick and crease on the edge of the pages.424pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description nCarrie Preston is used to hard work-oldest of ten, with an incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for the younger children. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the cruellest of hands, rendering the Prestons more helpless and desperate than ever. In a harsh world, small acts of kindness can bring great hope-Eli Beckett's offer of a job at the Dragon pub promises a better future for Carrie, especially as Eli's uncle has offered his nephew some spare land to build a music room. With the great cities of England alive to the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not everyone in the town shares this excitement, and some will stop at nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain.
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New. Hodder fastest growing saga writer's vivid new Lancashire saga introduces us to the world of the music hall. Num Pages: 528 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 338. 2006. New Ed. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
