All Shadows Fly Away - Brossura

Willsher, Audrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0006493076 ISBN 13: 9780006493075

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1996

Riassunto

There is a street party to celebrate King George V's Silver Jubilee and 15-year-old Frances is reluctant to go. She knows that her sister Kitty will attract all the attention and make her feel dowdier than ever. But at least one man notices Frances that night - with far-reaching results.

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It's George V's Silver Jubilee, an excuse in Stepney for street parties. Fifteen-year old Frances Henderson gets ready for the knees-up with mixed feelings, as she's forever in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Kitty. The evening seems to be looking up when she meets Andrew – but then he catches sight of Kitty, glamorous, fickle, and certain she is destined for better things.

Frances turns to Aunt Gloria for reassurance. Gloria aware of the passing years and desperate to marry petty crook Harry, loves her niece and also recognizes that she has a rare gift – a seductive, audience-pulling voice which will feed her confidence and eventually take her far from the dancehalls of the East End. Kitty, meanwhile, discovers to her cost that loving takes no account of plans and ambitions.

From the rise of British Fascism and the Cable Street Riots, through the Second World War, the sisters' lives interweave and their rivalry continues. There is tragedy and betrayal, they make good and bad choices, before reaching a mature understanding of each other when, in the words of Frances's theme song, 'All Shadows Fly Away'

Praise for Audrey Willsher

‘Audrey Willsher writes with great warmth and imagination, evoking in 'The Savage Tide' the hardships of Thamesside London at the turn of the century’
IRIS GOWER

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0006493076
• ISBN 13: 9780006493075
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384