Автор:Betty Barnes Год: 2007 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 232 ISBN: 9781844018918 Growing up in Yorkshire during the 1930s, Betty Barnes' childhood is full of hardship and uncertainty. The Depression forces Betty's family into a life of constant upheaval as they struggle to overcome debt and find financial stability. But perhaps the greatest adversity she has to face is her troubled relationship with her family. A strained relationship with her mother and younger sister leaves Betty looking to her grandmother and other relatives for the sense of belonging that, despite a close bond with her father, has been missing from her life. After uncovering a closely guarded family secret, Betty tries to heal the rift with her mother and find her place in a country moving from the bleakness of depression to the shadow of war. Without bitterness or complaint, she leaves school content to face a laborious future at the slipper mill to help ease her family's financial woes. Soon realising she wants more, Betty seeks greater challenges, moving from shopwork to nursing before...
