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Kingston Kate
Brown Book Group Little
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Description for Kingston Kate
paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas,Subjects - Fiction - General" * Set in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FR; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 234
Kate's father owns a boatyard and they have a comfortable, loving family life until her father gets drunk, something which is increasingly frequent - then he gets violent. Kate and her mother survive it together until the father attacks Kate one night when she is almost eighteen. Her mother stabs him in the back with a kitchen knife, kills him, is tried and hung for murder. Kate's loving grandmother and friends help her through her trauma. The only thing she doesn't have is a man - until she meets Bernard Pinfold (Toby). They walk out together and ... Read more
Kate's father owns a boatyard and they have a comfortable, loving family life until her father gets drunk, something which is increasingly frequent - then he gets violent. Kate and her mother survive it together until the father attacks Kate one night when she is almost eighteen. Her mother stabs him in the back with a kitchen knife, kills him, is tried and hung for murder. Kate's loving grandmother and friends help her through her trauma. The only thing she doesn't have is a man - until she meets Bernard Pinfold (Toby). They walk out together and ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751522990
SKU
KHS0058488
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brown Book Group Little
Elizabeth Waite was born in Tooting, South London and lived there until she was 34. During the war she worked as a bus conductress at Merton Garage and in 1956 she and her husband moved to Devon and bought their first guesthouse. She started writing when she retired.
Reviews for Kingston Kate
Marvellous storytelling from the best Martina Cole A natural, with a great sense of place Beryl Kingston Charming EASTBOURNE HERALD