Product Information
This is the new saga from the well-loved Scottish storyteller.The girl from Wish Lane is Eva Masson, brought up in poverty in 1920s Dundee, who longs to escape to something better than the jute-mills in Scotland where her mother and sister are spinners. Clever as well as pretty, Eva is selected to stay on at school after the age of 14 and trains as a teacher. When she falls in love with Nicholas North, privileged son of the jute-mill owner, she embarks on a life very different from that of her family.But Eva is principled and compassionate, and things are not easy for her in a world that is at odd with what she believes in. She must face prejudice, disillusion and hardship before she and the man she loves are finally free to admit their mistakes and make a fresh start.Product Identifiers
PublisherCanongate Books LTD
ISBN-139781847510532
eBay Product ID (ePID)88391381
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Girl from Wish Lane
AuthorAnne Douglas
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
GenreHistorical
Dimensions
Item Height222mm
Item Width141mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAnne Douglas
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom