The girl from the Tyne, Melody Sachs ; narrated by Julia Barrie
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The girl from the Tyne, Melody Sachs ; narrated by Julia Barrie
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The girl from the Tyne
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Melody Sachs ; narrated by Julia Barrie
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Ballroom dancer Alice Rooney seduces Jack Wood, a local boy from a good Tyneside family. With a little one on the way, Jack is forced in to a shotgun marriage. He vows to protect his baby daughter but his marriage is volatile from the start. Damaged by her own dysfunctional childhood Alice shows not a scrap of affection towards little Lizzie. As Alice feels more trapped and unhappy, Lizzie becomes the focus of her frustration and anger. Lizzie's saviour is her loving grandmother, Mrs Wood, who does her best to improve life for her whenever she can
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