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: Fair. Corner section missing from front cover. Corner folds to first two inside page. Grubby spine. Tip missing from top left corner of rear cover. Foxing to front cover. 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: Fair. Corner section missing from front cover. Corner folds to first two inside page. Grubby spine. Tip missing from top left corner of rear cover. Foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
