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A Penny Dip Meg Hutchinson

A Penny Dip By Meg Hutchinson

A Penny Dip by Meg Hutchinson


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Summary

One of five sisters, Margaret Rose Astbury grew up in Wednesbury during the first half of the twentieth century. With no money to spare for toys, the Astbury girls had to make their own amusement. Meg was often 'up to her armpits in mischief'. But she knew she could rely on her sisters to stick up for her.

A Penny Dip Summary

A Penny Dip: My Black Country Girlhood by Meg Hutchinson

One of five sisters, Margaret Rose Astbury grew up in Wednesbury during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite the constant struggle to make ends meet, and the hardship and worry of wartime, life in the Black Country was not all doom and gloom. In the crowded terraced houses and teeming communal yards, there was love and laughter aplenty. With no money to spare for toys, the Astbury girls had to make their own amusement, whether it be street games or a backyard panto. Meg was no angel, and was often 'up to her armpits in mischief'. But she knew she could rely on her sisters to stick up for her - and her mom and dad were too soft-hearted to punish any of their beloved daughters. With all the humour and narrative skill that have made her novels bestsellers, Meg Hutchinson paints a loving portrait of family life in a more innocent age.

A Penny Dip Reviews

'A skilful story, charmingly told.' -- Coventry Evening Telegraph 20051224 'Hutchinson knows how to spin a good yarn' -- Birmingham Evening Mail on THE DEVERELL WOM 20051224 'The mistress of simmering sagas' -- Peterborough Evening Telegraph on PEPPERCOR 20051224

About Meg Hutchinson

Meg Hutchinson left school at fifteen and didn't return to education until she was thirty-three, when she entered Teacher Training College and studied for her degree in the evenings. Telling stories and writing compositions has been part of Meg's life since a child and she now indulges this passion in a little cottage in Shropshire.

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GOR002733397
9780340837573
0340837578
A Penny Dip: My Black Country Girlhood by Meg Hutchinson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hodder & Stoughton
20050912
224
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