Frances McNeil

• Feb-2008
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An engrossing saga set in 1930s Yorkshire - Sophie and Rosa Morans father is a lowly employee at Thackreys Bank. The sisters first come into contact with the Thackrey family especially young Lydia as children and form an improbable yet enduring frien...

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Growing up in the aftermath of the Great War, Jess is torn between her hen-pecked father and cantankerous, ambitious mother. After a disastrous spell as housekeeper to the local priest, she works happily in the office of her uncle's shoe factory and ...

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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 a boiling point. As a result, their German-Jewish father's search fo...