A London Lass
$59.09
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2003
Summary
When Janey has to leave her home after her stepfather beats her up so badly her mother fears for her safety, she finds herself in a children’s home deep in the Sussex countryside. Unused to open space, fields and love she soons settles in and the friends she makes quickly become her new family.
But, at the age of sixteen, Janey has to leave the home and is found a job in Balham as a housemaid. She feels abandoned again and the job is awful. Lonely and miserable, things get even worse …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751532081 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751532088 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Waite |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2003 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 142mm x 21mm |
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Full of warmth and domestic detail…captures the Cockney spirit of its age.– KEIGHLEY NEWS
If you like your heroines pure, beautiful and universally beloved; Cockneys to have hearts of gold under their rough exteriors; and sentiment rather than emotion, look no further. This is the book for you - HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
Full of warmth and domestic detail…captures the Cockney spirit of its age. - KEIGHLEY NEWSAbout The Author
Elizabeth Waite
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.
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