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Our Street: A heart-warming saga of love, loss and friendship - Softcover

Pemberton, Victor

 
9780747241447: Our Street: A heart-warming saga of love, loss and friendship
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0747241449 ISBN 13: 9780747241447
Verlag: Headline Book Publishing, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

1944, north London. Fifteen-year-old Frankie Lewis feels as if the war will go on forever. But one night in the blackout, his life takes an extraordinary turn. Whilst playing a vindictive prank on the German-Jewish widow who lives nearby, Frankie finds himself hauled across her doorstep into a world of books and culture. Fascinated by Elsa's stories of life before the war and her late husband - a British officer - young Frankie becomes good friends with Elsa, helping her out in her shop and confiding his troubles to her - from his crush to his sister's unwanted pregnancy. So, when Elsa suddenly dies of a heart attack, Frankie is devastated. He is almost as shocked to discover that Elsa has left her shop to him - a legacy that her brother-in-law is determined to deny him...

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Victor Pemberton is a successful radio playwright and TV producer, and has worked with some of the great names of entertainment, including Benny Hill and Dodie Smith, had a longstanding correspondence with Stan Laurel and scripted and produced many of the BBC's 'Dr Who' series. In recent years he has worked as a producer for Jim Henson, and set up his own production company, whose first TV documentary won an Emmy Award.

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Verlag
Headline Book Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0747241449
ISBN 13 
9780747241447
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
480
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