Penguin Main Series #362. 1st Edition, 1943.
Mirren and Wattie Gillespie live in a small, decayed fishing port on the Forth. They are about to be rehoused and this imminent eviction stirs memories of life at the turn of the century. An intelligent, ill-educated radical, Wattie passionately believed in the brotherhood of man, but with eight mouths to feed, could not afford such principles. Mirren, a resourceful woman, reared seven children in three rooms on 30 shillings a week. It is her daughters who inherit their mother's indominatable strength…
Condition grading: Good Minus. Very light crease to top front corner of front cover. Foxing to both covers. 2cm tear to bottom edge of rear cover. Very Light creases to bottom left corner of rear cover. Minor damage to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series #362. 1st Edition, 1943.
Mirren and Wattie Gillespie live in a small, decayed fishing port on the Forth. They are about to be rehoused and this imminent eviction stirs memories of life at the turn of the century. An intelligent, ill-educated radical, Wattie passionately believed in the brotherhood of man, but with eight mouths to feed, could not afford such principles. Mirren, a resourceful woman, reared seven children in three rooms on 30 shillings a week. It is her daughters who inherit their mother's indominatable strength…
Condition grading: Good Minus. Very light crease to top front corner of front cover. Foxing to both covers. 2cm tear to bottom edge of rear cover. Very Light creases to bottom left corner of rear cover. Minor damage to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
