The September Girls
On a rainy September night in 1920, Brenna Caffrey, her husband and their two young sons arrive at liverpool docks from Ireland. They have come in search of a better life, but they have nowhere to live. Then Brenna, who is expecting her third child goes into labour. Collapsing on the steps of a...
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On a rainy September night in 1920, Brenna Caffrey, her husband and their two young sons arrive at liverpool docks from Ireland. They have come in search of a better life, but they have nowhere to live. Then Brenna, who is expecting her third child goes into labour. Collapsing on the steps of a grand townhouse, she is taken by a kindly housemaid to the wealthy Allardyce family. Upstairs, the unhappily married Eleanor Allardyce is also struggling to give birth. Both women produce daughters that night - the September Girls. Friendship develops between the mothers but their daughters are a different matter.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780752847528 (075284752X)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: Orion Publishing
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
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Withdrawn from Kent Arts and LibrariesDedication: For Charlotte and Patrick with loveAcknowledgement: Norman Longmate's book 'How We Lived Then', describing in detail how civilians coped during the Second World War, proved extremely helpful while writing 'The September Girls'.BookmarK : newly arrive...
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