Poor Relation - The Page-Turning Novel of Family, Romance and Mystery

Informationen zum Autor Susanna Bavin has variously been a librarian, an infant school teacher, a carer and a cook. She lives in Llandudno in North Wales with her husband and two rescue cats, but her writing is inspired by her Mancunian roots. Klappentext Manchester, 1908. Attractive, intelligent Mary Maitland is furious to learn that her pompous boss will never promote her, simply because she is a woman. Despite financial support from her family, Mary is determined to strike out on her own and earn a living. She finds work at a women's employment agency, where her talent for writing is noticed and she begins publishing articles for newspapers and magazines. But in the face of strong opinions from her well-to-do family on the role of a woman, is it possible to be a dutiful daughter at the same time as spreading her wings? Zusammenfassung Manchester, 1908. Mary Maitland is furious to learn that her boss will never promote her, simply because she is a woman. Despite financial support from her family, Mary is determined to strike out on her own. In the face of strong opinions from her family on the role of a woman, is it possible to be a dutiful daughter while spreading her wings?

Product details

• Authors: Susanna Bavin, Susanna (Author) Bavin
• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780749023782
• ISBN: 978-0-7490-2378-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Generationenromane, Familiensagas, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Contemporary Women, Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung