One wild night in the '30s midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite ... more
side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells ...
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One wild night midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of ... more
Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling, just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it, so she takes the child away, meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage. But Patty had spent her entire childhood in an institution and cannot bear to hand the baby over. However, there are rough waters ahead. Patty has few friends, and fears and despises men, including her next door neighbour, Darky Knight, so how can she hope to bring up the child alone? She has no idea how the baby will affect the attitude of those around her, nor how her life will change as a result-
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Advantages: Gives an historical perspective, engaging, charming and well written Disadvantages: Not lively, a bit slow in places, predictable
***INTRODUCTION***
I received this book as a Christmas present; my husband knows that I?m an avid reader and usually buys me two or three books. He knows that he?s safe with James Patterson, John Grisham, Ian Rankin (sometimes), but ask him to use his knowledge of what I read to make a decision on something I might like, and he?s definitely starting to struggle. This year?s collection contained The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson, The Juror by John Grisham and The Long and Lonely Road by KatieFlynn. Unfortunately, I think my face gave me away as I read the synopsis on the cover and he thought I wasn?t going to like it; I thought so too! So the question is, did I?
I?m ashamed to reveal at this point that I was put off by the cover! It depicted a scene in the background of evacuee war children boarding a train, and the main ...
Advantages: Well written, not too macho Disadvantages: Select audience
't supermen, just men doing their jobs, which meant that they were easier to connect with.
The bad guys were plausible as terrorists, and Flynn obviously did his research on the way terrorist organisations work.
So not my first choice, but pretty good regardless. If you're into these sorts of action thrillers, you'll love this. ...
Advantages: Some good tracks, unique voice Disadvantages: Not as good as previous albums
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About Katie Melua
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Katie Melua is a Georgia-born singer songwriter, in 2003 while she was still studying at the Brit School of Performing Arts in Surrey, Katie was discovered at just 18. 4 years later, she is still going strong as is a huge household name having sold more than 7.5 million albums and in 2006 becoming the years best selling British female in the world. Katie's first album Piece by Piece was released in 2005. Katie has had several UK number one tracks, with many others being top 10. Katie was awarded the Golden Camera Award for International Pop Artist at the start of 2007 and Katie was presented with the Echo Award for International Female Artist in March 2007. In 2008, Katie plans to do a world tour.
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The Album
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Pictures is Katie Melua's third album and was ...
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Product details
EAN
9780099436539
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Title
The Bad Penny
Author
Katie Flynn
ISBN
99436531
Manufacturer's product description
One wild night in the '30s midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it so she takes the child away meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage. But Patty had spent her entire childhood in an institution except for the frequent occasions when she ran away and cannot bear to hand the baby over. However she has few friends and despises the men with whom she comes in contact so how can she hope to bring up the child alone? She has no idea how the baby will affect the attitude of those around her...nor how her life will change as a result...
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