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Born in the autumn years of Queen Victoria's reign, two brothers have to face the frustrations of saving a failing family business, or else plough their ownfurrows. David is an apprentice joiner at a local undertaker's and ends up teaching at a boy'spenitentiary, but Isaac's decision is made for him when theirmother disinherits him for marrying outside of his class.Neither will go home with his tail between his legs or cap inhand; both will however make good.Good enough for David to become the grandfather of Margaret Martin. She has turnedhis story into a novel that follows his hopes and heartbreaks, hishardships and heydeys on a switchback of eye-openers andexperiences through two world wars andthree generations.Showing us sides of life, few have lived and fewer still remember, FamilyMatters is a treat for lovers of bygones and biographies allroller-coastered into one life story.
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Family Matters, Margaret Martin
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- Année de publication
- 2022
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- Titre
- Family Matters
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Margaret Martin
- Éditeur
- Olympia Publishers
- Publié
- 2022
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 142
- ISBN10
- 1800744358
- ISBN13
- 9781800744356
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction
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- Born in the autumn years of Queen Victoria's reign, two brothers have to face the frustrations of saving a failing family business, or else plough their ownfurrows. David is an apprentice joiner at a local undertaker's and ends up teaching at a boy'spenitentiary, but Isaac's decision is made for him when theirmother disinherits him for marrying outside of his class.Neither will go home with his tail between his legs or cap inhand; both will however make good.Good enough for David to become the grandfather of Margaret Martin. She has turnedhis story into a novel that follows his hopes and heartbreaks, hishardships and heydeys on a switchback of eye-openers andexperiences through two world wars andthree generations.Showing us sides of life, few have lived and fewer still remember, FamilyMatters is a treat for lovers of bygones and biographies allroller-coastered into one life story.