Once in a House on Fire

by Andrea Ashworth (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.14

  Andrea Ashworth's father died when she was five leaving her, her three-year-old sister and mother to fend for themselves. A succession of stepfathers, some violent and an itinerant life of poverty were her lot but reading was her escape route out of misery.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.25

  Set in 1970s Manchester, Once in a House on Fire tells the true story of three sisters and their mother, a close-knit and loving family forced to battle with poverty, abuse and the effects of depression. Beautifully written and deeply inspiring, with a new afterword by Andrea Ashworth, it is a book that will stay with its readers for ever.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $4.19