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Nelly Kelly: An uplifting tale of grit and determination in the most desperate of circumstances
Lena Kennedy
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Description for Nelly Kelly: An uplifting tale of grit and determination in the most desperate of circumstances
Paperback. From the bestselling author of MAGGIE and AUTUMN ALLEY comes another unforgettable heroine. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 23. Weight in Grams: 192.
In the turmoil and confusion of London's East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectations. Forced to keep house for her charming, yet autocratic, father, Nelly toils in a sweatshop to keep her family clothed and fed.
But though life is hard, Nelly still has friendship, dancing and her early dreams to cling to. Dreams which slowly crumble as marriage, the war and a lost baby are followed by the heartache of a lost love.
Fortune may crush her proud spirit but when faced with a crisis which will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444767254
SKU
V9781444767254
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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
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