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Somewhere Behind the Morning

Somewhere Behind the Morning

by Frances Mc Neil (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.24
Synopsis

This beguiling first novel is written in the form of a journal telling of a teenage girl's struggle to hold her family together. In working-class Leeds of 1914, sisters Julia and Margaret Wood are striving to rise above devastating poverty. War seems inevitable and angry feelings about foreigners have reached boiling point; their German-Jewish father's search for work proves to be hopeless. It is self-educated, entrepreneurial Julia who keeps the family afloat by hawking homemade pies on the streets of Leeds. Her beautiful elder sister, Margaret, an apprentice milliner and new member of the suffragette set, seeks a faster way out of destitution, pinning her hopes to a rich suffragette, Mrs Turner, and her journalist son, Thomas. But as the Great War rages, Julia discovers for herself the meaning of courage, and looks forward to that new day, that fresh, magical start, somewhere behind the morning.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 18 Aug 2005
ISBN 10: 0752868519
ISBN 13: 9780752868516
Book Overview: Leeds based novel - should generate good local publicity A quality first novel - excellent for bookclub etc Based on the author's family - strong publicity point Praise for private publication of the memoir upon which this novel is based: 'This beautifully evoked slice of regional experience offers universal appeal ... a colourful network of characters leaps from the pages.' Guardian 'An exquisite novel ... McNeil's observations about the Suffragette movement are particularly well drawn, highlighting with gentle satire the gulf between middle and working class aspirations. The result is acerbic realism elegantly told.' Big Issue.

Media Reviews
'Absorbing, well-written and atmospheric' GLASGOW EVENING TIMES 'a story of courage' CHOICE 'rich in period detail ... a finely observed novel' SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE 'A fine writer' YORKSHIRE POST
Author Bio
Frances McNeil was born and brought up in Leeds. She worked as a shorthand typist in New York and London, and read English and History at York University. She returned to Leeds to be near her mother Julia, whose stories inspired this novel. She now works as a lecturer, and has also written for radio, theatre and television.