Magda's daughter

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  • Author: Collier, Catrin
    Contributor:

    JARMAN, Kate

    Summary:

    Destitute after the Second World War, Magda Janek settles in the Welsh town of Pontypridd, in the hope of building a new life for herself and her baby daughter, Helena. All Magda has to give Helena are the ambitions she had once cherished for herself, dreams cruelly snatched from her by the war. But 1960s Pontypridd is a place of opportunity. At twenty-one, Magda's daughter has beauty, confidence and prospects beyond even her mother's wildest imaginings. With a university degree behind her, a coveted teaching post in her old Grammar school, and marriage to the love of her life, Helena couldn't have been happier - until tragedy strikes.

    Original Publisher: Bath , BBC Audiobooks Ltd. (Chivers)
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    0752885863

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JARMAN, Kate

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Destitute after the Second World War, Magda Janek settles in the Welsh town of Pontypridd, in the hope of building a new life for herself and her baby daughter, Helena. All Magda has to give Helena are the ambitions she had once cherished for herself, dreams cruelly snatched from her by the war. But 1960s Pontypridd is a place of opportunity. At twenty-one, Magda's daughter has beauty, confidence and prospects beyond even her mother's wildest imaginings. With a university degree behind her, a coveted teaching post in her old Grammar school, and marriage to the love of her life, Helena couldn't have been happier - until tragedy strikes.

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Bath

BBC Audiobooks Ltd. (Chivers)

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ISBN

0752885863

9781408410950

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