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A Mersey Duet: A moving saga of love, tragedy and powerful family ties
Anne Baker
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Description for A Mersey Duet: A moving saga of love, tragedy and powerful family ties
Paperback. An evocative and absorbing Merseyside saga set during the troubling times of the early twentieth century Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
When Elsa Gripper dies in childbirth on Christmas Eve, 1912, her grief-stricken husband is unable to cope with his two newborn babies, Lucy and Patsy, so the twins are separated. Lucy is taken home with Elsa's parents, who run a successful business, Mersey Antiques, and she grows up spoiled and pampered with no interest in the family firm. Patsy has a more down-to-earth upbringing, living with their father and other grandmother above the Railway Arms. And through further tragedy she learns to be responsible from an early age. Then Patsy is invited to work for her grandfather at Mersey Antiques, ... Read more
When Elsa Gripper dies in childbirth on Christmas Eve, 1912, her grief-stricken husband is unable to cope with his two newborn babies, Lucy and Patsy, so the twins are separated. Lucy is taken home with Elsa's parents, who run a successful business, Mersey Antiques, and she grows up spoiled and pampered with no interest in the family firm. Patsy has a more down-to-earth upbringing, living with their father and other grandmother above the Railway Arms. And through further tragedy she learns to be responsible from an early age. Then Patsy is invited to work for her grandfather at Mersey Antiques, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747253204
SKU
V9780747253204
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Anne Baker
Anne Baker trained as a nurse at Birkenhead General Hospital, but after her marriage went to live first in Libya and then in Nigeria. She eventually returned to her native Birkenhead where she worked as a Health Visitor for over ten years before taking up writing.
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