Once in a House on Fire: Children's Edition

by Andrea Ashworth (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.41

  Set in 1970s Manchester, Once in a House on Fire tells the harrowing true story of three sisters and their mother, from the point of view of the eldest sister Andrea. They are a close-knit, loving family but are forced to battle with poverty, depression, and terrifying abuse at the hands of two stepfathers. Andrea, a sensitive and highly observant child, witnesses and suffers unbearable cruelty yet refuses to give into despair. Ultimately this is an empowering account of survival and hope, as Andrea forges a future beyond the violent world of home.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.31

  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.

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.31