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The halfpenny girls, Maggie Mason

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The halfpenny girls, Maggie Mason

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The halfpenny girls

Responsibility statement

Maggie Mason

Summary

It is 1937 and Alice, Edith and Marg continue to face hardships every day, growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blackpool. Penniless, their friendship has helped them survive this far, but it'll take more than that to see them through the darkest of days that lie ahead... Alice is coping with a violent father and the weight of the duty she carries to support her family, Marg is left reeling after a dark secret about her birth comes to light and threatens to destroy the life she knows, and Edith is fighting to protect her alcoholic mother from the shame of their neighbours and keep her brother on the straight and narrow. A chance encounter at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom promises to set their lives on a new path, one filled with love and safety and hope for a brighter future. Will the penniless girls, who have never known anything but poverty, finally find happiness? And if they do, will it come at a price?

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