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Nobody’s Girl

Nobody’s Girl

by KittyNeale (Author), KittyNeale (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.29
Synopsis

Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive! A gritty new saga from the bestselling author of Outcast Child. Abandoned on the cold stone steps of an orphanage, only a few hours old and clutching the object which was to give her name, Pearl Button had a hard start to life. Now 16 years old, she's finally managed to escape the cruel confines of the orphanage, and enter the real world. Finding work at a nearby cafe, Pearl is thrilled to start earning her own money, even if she must contend with sharp-tongued Dolly Dolby. But soon she becomes tangled up in the murky South London underworld in which Dolly's son -- the cruel but handsome Kevin -- operates. By chance, she sees something she shouldn't, something dangerous, and her life is thrown into jeopardy. Can gentle giant Derek Lewis protect vulnerable Pearl from Kevin -- and her own heart? Meanwhile, a local boy is snatched, terrifying this close-knit community, and at the orphanage where Pearl lived out her wretched childhood, the past is coming back to haunt its owner -- and the secret she has promised to guard for so many years!

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 430
 Edition: 1st Paperback Printing
 Publisher: Avon
Published: 06 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 1847560059
ISBN 13: 9781847560056
Book Overview: Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive!

Media Reviews
Praise for NOBODY'S GIRL: 'This pageturner is a gritty tale of survival.' Tesco magazine. 'Heartbreakingly poignant and joltingly realistic. From the first page the characters and their lives drew me in. It combines wonderfully accurate historical detail with true gritty realism in a book that fans of misery lit won't want to miss.' Annie Groves, author of SOME SUNNY DAY. Praise for Kitty Neale: A gritty tale BELLA Neale makes Cookson's earthiest stories look a little tame. PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH WATERSTONE'S Don't always be put off by the term page-turner -- this book is in no way a pile of slushy nonsense. At its core is family life -- the ups and downs of marriage and the parent/child bond -- ranging from the worst excesses of childhood sexual abuse to a love so dutiful that a mother will conspire to break a young girl's heart with the sole purpose of protecting her son. From Post war London to the Swinging 60s this book is a rare thing indeed. Please read and enjoy. For Cuckoo in Candle Lane
Author Bio
Kitty Neale was raised in South London and this working class area became the inspiration for her novels. In the 1980s she moved to Surrey with her husband and two children, but in 1998 there was a catalyst in her life when her son died, aged 27. After working for 2 years with other bereaved parents in a support group, Kitty took up writing, and now lives in Spain with her husband.