Summary
The title story, ‘Ivy of the Angel’, reveals why an elderly bag lady becomes the centre of attention in an Oxford Street store; ‘The Lonely Road’ is the tale of thwarted love in London’s East End; ‘The Willows Wept With Me’, ‘Linda’s Revenge’ and ‘The Long Dream’ are all examples of how the smooth surface of a buried past can be disrupted by the intrusions of the present.
With the freshness and directness that have become her hallmark, Lena Kennedy explores the enduring power of love,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444767476 |
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| ISBN-10: | 144476747X |
| Author: | Lena Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 115mm x 15mm |
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‘Lene Kennedy is a natural storyteller…Dickensian energy, a huge range of vivid characters, and a clear delight in telling us about them’
‘Lena Kennedy is a natural storyteller … Dickensian energy, a huge range of vivid characters, and a clear delight in telling us about them’ – Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Lena Kennedy
Lena Kennedy lived all her life in the East End of London and wrote with great energy about the people and times she knew there. She was 67 before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted for publication. Since then her novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August 1986.
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