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The Penny Wedding
Jessica Stirling
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Description for The Penny Wedding
Paperback. Glasgow, 1928. Alison Burnside is sixteen when her mother dies. Her father, a shipyard worker, unexpectantly supports the idea that Alison should become a doctor, and the family's whole destiny changes. Alison will soon encounter temptations that will threaten her ambition. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 177 x 36. Weight in Grams: 312.
The Burnsides' move from Glasgow's tenement slums to the sunny new suburbs of Flannery Park brings hope to all members of the family. But heartbreak awaits among the tidy gardens and green lawns and soon seventeen-year-old Alison is forced to take on responsibility for her out-of-work father and brothers and put her own ambitions aside.
Love as well as loss threatens Alison's future, however, and leads her into a relationship with teacher Jim Abbott, an affair which her brothers, even the brooding Henry, are powerless to understand, let alone prevent.
Throughout the Depression years of the early 30s, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340618219
SKU
V9780340618219
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Jessica Stirling
Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.
Reviews for The Penny Wedding
Jessica Stirling's high reputation is well deserved.
Manchester Evening News
She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes.
Glasgow Herald
Jessica Stirling is one of Scotland's most prolific and best-loved authors.
Scottish Daily Record
One of the best.
Bookseller
Manchester Evening News
She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes.
Glasgow Herald
Jessica Stirling is one of Scotland's most prolific and best-loved authors.
Scottish Daily Record
One of the best.
Bookseller