All That Glitters

by Catrin Collier (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.25

  A tale about the characters and the community of Pontypridd in the years before World War II. The story features Haydn, former callboy, now star of the Town Hall Revue and Jane Jones, the theatre usherette, who is still haunted by the twin spectres of poverty and the workhouse.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  In 1939, Haydn Powell returns to his native Pontypridd as a star for the summer season. It is his dream come true, but is soon soured when he finds his family divided. Haydn seeks consolation with the theatre crowd, but is also drawn to Jane, a young waif lodging with his family. But Jane is haunted by poverty and burdened by bitter secrets. Then there is Haydn's childhood sweetheart, Jenny, who is determined to win him back. She tries to make him jealous by flirting with his brother, the hot-headed boxer Eddie. But it is Jenny's reckless pursuit of her own ends that creates a dangerous tension in a town already braced for war ...