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Hettie of Hope Street by Annie Groves (Hardcover, 2005)

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A breathtaking tale set in 1920s Preston of one girl's determination to trace her roots, find true love and succeed in a world where obstacles lurk at every corner. Hettie is an orphan, taken in by Ellie Pride and her husband to their Preston home and treated as one of the family. But she has always harboured a lust for adventure and excitement, plus the desire to trace her roots. On the cusp of womanhood, and in love with John who she is not considered good enough for, her mind is finally made up: she will run away to the bright lights of Liverpool to find her fortune. There, she gets a rude awakening and must take on a job working in the kitchens tof a restaurant o make ends meet. Until, by chance, she is heard singing by the owner and propelled into a life she could only have dreamed of...Hettie is spotted by a sort of talent scout and goes to work in London, where she is feted for her beauty and extraordinary voice by rich young men but where she also sees the dark side of life - a fellow dancer dies after an abortion, the rich young men and many of the other singers/dancers drink hard liqour and take cocaine. It is a mad, dizzy, dangerous world and Hettie increasingly feels

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007149582
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87755670

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hettie of Hope Street
Author
Annie Groves
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2005
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
240mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
847g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Annie Groves
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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