Mary, After The Queen. Memories Of A Working Girl

by Angela Hewins (Author), Paul Thompson (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  1985

  $4.19

  A charming fairytale with a difference, Mary After the Queen is the memoir of a girl born into a poor family during World War I who grows up--still poor--to find beauty in unexpected places and magic in the most unpromising event. This lighthearted narrative follows the fortunes--and misfortunes--of Mary and her friend Sis who grew up together in a subsidized housing project in Stratford-upon-Avon. We share their laughter and their disillusionments and gain, along the way, a unique look at the world of English factory workers in the 1930's and 40's and the lives, hearts, and minds, of the women who worked there--the girls that never did get on.

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  Paperback
  1986

  $3.27

  The story of a working girl, Mary, and her life in Stratford-upon Avon between the wars. We follow her fortunes and misfortunes as she grows up on the first corporation estate in a town better known for its literary heritage than its council houses or factories. We share her laughter as well as disillusionment and gain a unique glimpse into the world of the factory floor in the 1930's and 1940's. We follow her friendships and her struggle to make a living, when she found herself, in the 1930's, unemployed and with a baby on the way.