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Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity
Lena Kennedy
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Description for Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity
Paperback. A haunting and compelling family saga spanning four decades and four generations, MAGGIE is the life story of a resilient Cockney woman. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 123 x 33. Weight in Grams: 280.
Fall in love with Lena Kennedy's remarkable first novel... Spanning four decades and four generations, this compelling family saga reveals the extraordinary life story of a resilient Cockney woman, MAGGIE. Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at the age of fifteen she is delighted, for it means she has captured her beloved Jim Burns. But life is a constant struggle - to bring up her four sons, to cope with a part-time husband, to 'better herself'. And ... Read more
Fall in love with Lena Kennedy's remarkable first novel... Spanning four decades and four generations, this compelling family saga reveals the extraordinary life story of a resilient Cockney woman, MAGGIE. Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at the age of fifteen she is delighted, for it means she has captured her beloved Jim Burns. But life is a constant struggle - to bring up her four sons, to cope with a part-time husband, to 'better herself'. And ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444767193
SKU
V9781444767193
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About 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 bestselling novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August ... Read more
Reviews for Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity
A remarkable story and a remarkable book
Daily Express
A story-telling tour de force. Sentimental, romantic and very saleable, this will appeal to every reader who adored The Thorn Birds
Publishers Weekly
So real it feels as if someone you love is telling her own story
Sun
Daily Express
A story-telling tour de force. Sentimental, romantic and very saleable, this will appeal to every reader who adored The Thorn Birds
Publishers Weekly
So real it feels as if someone you love is telling her own story
Sun