Saturday's Child

by RuthHamilton (Author), RuthHamilton (Author)

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  2012

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  It was 1950. Magsy O'Gara, her husband killed in the war, plodded through her daily routine as a hospital cleaner, dedicating all her spare time to Beth, her genius daughter. Pursued by men who admired her great beauty, she was determined to remain a widow. Nothing was to divert her from her gruelling schedule. Her goal was simple: Beth would become a doctor.

  Beth, however, wanted a normal life - a brother, a sister, a stepfather who might make her wonderful mother happy. So Beth was delighted when a personable man began to court Magsy.

  Across, the road at number 1, Nellie Hulme, trapped in a world of silence, watched the other two Saturday girls. Deaf since infancy, Nellie had a secret so huge that it amused her. What would folk have thought had they known her true position in life? And why did she `hear' in her dreams?

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  2002

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  There are three of them - of varying ages and conditions of life - all Saturday's children. Nellie - cruelly called Smelly Nelly by her neighbours - condemned to live in a silent world and whose past conceals a brutal secret. Magsy O'Gara, whose love for her dead husband dominates her life. Beth O'Gara, her small daughter, born with an intelligence beyond her years, who might just have the chance to better herself. Three women, all seeking something that only time will reveal.

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  2002

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  There are three of them - of varying ages and conditions of life - all Saturday's children. ellie - cruelly called Smelly Nelly by her neighbours - condemned to live in a silent world and whose past conceals a brutal secret. agsy O'Gara, whose love for her dead husband dominates her life. eth O'Gara, her small daughter, born with an intelligence beyond her years, who might just have the chance to better herself. hree women, all seeking something that only time will reveal.

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  2012

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  It was 1950. Magsy O'Gara, her husband killed in the war, plodded through her daily routine as a hospital cleaner, dedicating all her spare time to Beth, her genius daughter. Pursued by men who admired her great beauty, she was determined to remain a widow. Nothing was to divert her from her gruelling schedule. Her goal was simple: Beth would become a doctor.

  Beth, however, wanted a normal life - a brother, a sister, a stepfather who might make her wonderful mother happy. So Beth was delighted when a personable man began to court Magsy.

  Across, the road at number 1, Nellie Hulme, trapped in a world of silence, watched the other two Saturday girls. Deaf since infancy, Nellie had a secret so huge that it amused her. What would folk have thought had they known her true position in life? And why did she `hear' in her dreams?