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Finding Peggy
Meg Henderson
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Description for Finding Peggy
Paperback. Meg Henderson mother and her Aunt Peggy, shielded her from the effects of her father's heavy drinking. A hopeless romantic, Peggy searched for a husband until late in life. When she died horrifically in childbirth her death devastated the family. Only later, was Meg able to discover the shocking facts behind the tragedy. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsim., portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Glasgow in the 1950s was a deprived and often violent place. Meg Henderson was part of a large family, and when the tenement block in which they lived collapsed they had to move to the notorious Blackhill district where religious sectarianism and gang warfare were part of daily life. Yet despite appalling conditions , there was warmth, laughter and a remarkable spirit, andMeg's mother and her Aunt Peggy, both idealistic and emotional women, shielded her from the effects of her father's heavy drinking.
A hopeless romantic, Peggy searched for a husband until late in life and then endured ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552141857
SKU
V9780552141857
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Meg Henderson
Meg Henderson was born in the Townhead area of Glasgow in 1948, the youngest and only girl of three children. Thereafter she lived in the Blackhill, Drumchapel and Maryhill areas of the city. She gratefully left her convent secondary at sixteen, and though writing had always been her main interest, she spent some years working within the NHS before going ... Read more
Reviews for Finding Peggy
Meg Henderson's journalistic background undoubtedly adds to the ease with which she describes people and places, making them at once familiar and freshly seen. Finding Peggy is full of rich detail told with humour and sharpness.
Scotland on Sunday
A warm and vivid memory of Glasgow life - it provokes nostalgia and anger in equal measure. Apart from ... Read more
Scotland on Sunday
A warm and vivid memory of Glasgow life - it provokes nostalgia and anger in equal measure. Apart from ... Read more