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Lizzie Conway has clawed her way out of the worst slums of the Gorbals, all for the sake of her three daughters, her most prized possessions. She would do anything to protect Polly, Babs and poor, deaf Rosie. In this tough part of Glasgow, there are many dangers - physical and moral - facing women. And the girls themselves seem sometimes to be determined to make marriages as unwise as the one that landed her with crippling debts, three small children and no man to take care of them ...But Lizzie is a fighter, and - to her surprise - so are more than one of her girls.
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Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.
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Lizzie Conway has spent her life trying to keep her three daughters from following in her downtrodden footsteps. Although they live in the slums of Glasgow during the Great Depression, Lizzie has struggled to maintain her dignity and protect her daughters from men like her missing husband, a henchman for the local Mafia. Before he went to fight in WWI he stole an enormous amount of money from his organization that she's still paying off in installments. Instead of retribution for her husband's treachery, the boss, Dominic Manone, has been instrumental in finding her two eldest daughters, Babs and Polly, good jobs, but in spite of their no-nonsense mom's determination to better their lives, they hang out with the locals and attach themselves to petty thieves. Stirling banishes the illusion of the "good old days" in this illuminating and riveting portrayal of the slums and one family's struggle for a better life. Patty Engelmann
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