Whose Turn for the Stairs? - Rilegato

Douglas, Robert

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0755318919 ISBN 13: 9780755318919

Casa editrice: Hachette Scotland, 2009

Riassunto

This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighborhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch of the street?Granny Thompson. And of course, all buoyed up by a big helping of Scottish humor and strength of spirit. Yet it is all not perfect in their world: the families have to deal with poverty, religious bigotry, racism, heartbreak, lies, violence, and death. But the powerful friendships cannot ultimately be broken; the characters have gone through too much together. In Robert Douglas's first novel, he recreates a time and place particular to Glasgow but to which everyone will relate.

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Recensione:

'An outstanding novel with a cast of characters so beautifully drawn that turning the last page feels like flitting out of 18 Dalbeattie Street' (Daily Record)

'Pure dead brilliant, so it is... a rare old read for folk that were round and about in the Forties and Fifties' (Edinburgh Evening News)

'Douglas' prose is simple and charming...this novel will appeal to fans of Douglas' previous trips down memory lane' (Scottish Review of Books)

'Whose Turn for the Stairs? echoes the bygone charm and ingrained hardship of growing up at a time when rationing and families living in single end tenements were commonplace, yet laughter never seemed in short supply' (Evening Times)

'It's a braw read!' (Hexham Courant)

Descrizione del libro:

A tale of family, community and strength of spirit

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• Editore: Hachette Scotland
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0755318919
• ISBN 13: 9780755318919
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416