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Blackpool's Daughter
- Author
- Maggie Mason
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 25 July 2019
- Run Time
- 11 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Maggie Mason is the pen name of bestselling author Mary Wood
***Previouslypublished as BLACKPOOL EVACUEE in hardback only***
'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson'
Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass
Blackpool's Angel - the first book in Maggie Mason's brand new Sandgronian trilogy - is OUT NOW.
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England, 1940
Clara is forced to flee her home as the Nazis invade the beautiful island of Guernsey, leaving her mother Julia behind. She's scared and alone, but her spirits lift a little when she learns she's headed for Blackpool.
Her slight hopes are crushed however when she is housed with and at the mercy of a cruel shopkeeper, Miss Brandon. Clara is worked like a dog, but the warmth of some newly made Blackpool friendships will go far to save her.
Separated from her beloved daughter, Julia heads to London to try and track Clara down but she is thwarted at every turn. With no idea where her daughter is, and the trials of war keeping them far apart, will they ever be reunited?
The perfect read for fans of Mary Wood, Kitty Neale, Val Wood and Nadine Dorries
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Details
- Author
- Maggie Mason
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Duration
- 11 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 July 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405545471
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical romance, Family saga / generational saga fiction
Synopsis
______________Maggie Mason is the pen name of bestselling author Mary Wood***Previouslypublished as BLACKPOOL EVACUEE in hardback only***'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson'Jean Fullerton on Blackpool LassBlackpool's Angel - the first book in Maggie Mason's brand new Sandgronian trilogy - is OUT NOW.______________England, 1940Clara is forced to flee her home as the Nazis invade the beautiful island of Guernsey, leaving her mother Julia behind. She's scared and alone, but her spirits lift a little when she learns she's headed for Blackpool. Her slight hopes are crushed however when she is housed with and at the mercy of a cruel shopkeeper, Miss Brandon. Clara is worked like a dog, but the warmth of some newly made Blackpool friendships will go far to save her. Separated from her beloved daughter, Julia heads to London to try and track Clara down but she is thwarted at every turn. With no idea where her daughter is, and the trials of war keeping them far apart, will they ever be reunited?The perfect read for fans of Mary Wood, Kitty Neale, Val Wood and Nadine Dorries
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