Prized Possessions

ISBN: 0000000097062
Author: Jessica Stirling
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Set in Glasgo in the years of the Depression. Lizzie Conway has clawed her way out of the Gorbals despite a crippling burden of debt left when her husband conveniently vanished into the chaos of the Great War. For the sake of the three daughters she has worked hard to pay off the money that he stole from a gansters father. She would do anything to protect her daughers from the vilence of the means streets. but now the girls are grown. The Glasgow of the 30's is brought to vivid, vibrant life in this unforgettable story of a family that refuses to give in.

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