
Trouble And Strife
Elizabeth Waite(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 3. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-7515-4494-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tooting, 1950: After losing her husband in the war, Ida Wilcox is not so sure that bringing children into the world is such a good idea after all. However much her loving family in Tooting rally round, she still has her hands full coping with whatever life throws at her three.
Ida is used to Alan chancing his luck and dreaming his life away, but had not expected Norman, usually so responsible and reliable, to give up his steady job at the post office for the sake of Alan's latest scheme to make them all rich. And then there is poor Ruby, vulnerable to Brian Brookshaw and her father-in-law's violent outburst and her own rebellious spirit. What kind of a future can Ruby give her little boys if she can't find a good man or hold down a decent job?
Ida is used to Alan chancing his luck and dreaming his life away, but had not expected Norman, usually so responsible and reliable, to give up his steady job at the post office for the sake of Alan's latest scheme to make them all rich. And then there is poor Ruby, vulnerable to Brian Brookshaw and her father-in-law's violent outburst and her own rebellious spirit. What kind of a future can Ruby give her little boys if she can't find a good man or hold down a decent job?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-4494-7 (9780751544947)
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Previous edition
Phillip M. Margolin
The Undertaker's Widow
Book
04/2000
Time Warner Paperbacks
€28.65
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Person
Elizabeth Waite was born in Tooting, South London and lived there until she was 34. During the war she worked as a bus conductress at Merton Garage and then in 1956 she and her husband moved to Devon and opened their first guesthouse. She only started writing on their retirement.