The Unfortunates

What hope is there for Poppy Minkel? She has kinky hair, out-sticking ears, too yellow a neck and an appetite for fun, and her mother Dora despairs of ever finding her a husband, despite the Minkel''s Mustard fortune that seasons these dubious attractions. When Daddy disappears, Poppy''s tendency to the unusual is quietly allowed to flourish. World War I opens new horizons. With never a moment of self-doubt, she invents her own extraordinary life in step with the unfolding century.

About the author

Laurie Graham is the author of 8 novels. ‘The Ten O'Clock Horses’, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was ‘Perfect Meringues’. Later titles are The ‘Dress Circle’, ‘Dog Days’, ‘Glenn Miller Nights’, ‘The Future Homemakers of America’, ‘The Unfortunates’, ’Gone with the Windsors’ and ‘Mr Starlight’, which was shortlisted for the Saga Wit Award. Her latest novel, ‘The Importance of Being Kennedy’ was published in 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Laurie Graham
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2006
• EAN: 9780007234066
• ISBN: 978-0-00-723406-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Popular Culture, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, First World War, FICTION / Satire, Social & cultural history, Humour, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, c 1910 to c 1919, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Sociology: family and relationships, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I, The;Of;Brontë;Love;Family;Marriage;Romance;Modern