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Hello and welcome to information about the historical novel Our Lizzie, written by Anna Jacobs. Our Lizzie is a tale of the home front in World War I.
'Anna Jacobs' books are always brilliantly researched both socially and historically. Her characterization and settings are real and believable. Reading her books is like going back in time.'
Bookworm Newsletter, Australia,
August 1999 |
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Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. At twelve she loses her father and her happy family life ends as her mother grows to resent her. Then circumstances push Lizzie
into an early marriage, where she finds her mother's petty cruelties replaced by her husband's frequent beatings. But she is a survivor. When World War I breaks out, Lizzie husband is forced to join up and she seizes the opportunity to run away. She finds independence and friendship in a munitions factory - plus the promise of a new love. But as war ends, the shadow of her husband looms again. Can she break free of him and find happiness? This is a vivid and engrossing tale of endurance, set in Lancashire from 1909 - 1914. Anna Jacobs has once again created characters so real you laugh and weep with them - and you will never forget Our Lizzie.
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Our Lizzie was published by Hodder and Stoughton and is available in hardback and paperback. There is also a large print edition and an unabridged audiobook version. In Australia, buy from the Australian Online Bookshop or elsewhere in the world, buy from Amazon UK. |
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| Our Lizzie © Anna Jacobs 1998 ISBN hardback 0 340 69300 2 paperback 0 340 69301 0 |
