Pure as the Lily - Catherine Cookson

...ABOUT PURE AS THE LILY ====================== Pure As The Lily is a fictional story based in Jarrow and traces the life of Mary Walton from the 1930s through to the 1970s . Mary’s father (da) Alex idolised her but he had been out of work for eight years during the dark years of the Depression and had been stripped of his self respect not only by unemployment but more so by his nagging, manipulative wife Alice. At one time he had held his head up ...
...Alex was shattered that his pure daughter had been taken by Ben. Alex knew that Alice wanted Ben. Alice was like a mad woman. She wanted revenge. Revenge on Mary. Revenge on Ben. She told Alex to be a man for once in his life and beat up Ben. She really wanted Ben beaten up because he had chosen Mary and not her. She hated Mary from this point onwards. Alex stormed up to the shop and, in front of the customers, beat Ben so badly that his once handsome ...

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