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A Mother's Journey Book

Gosport 1941. Fourteen-year-old Vera has led a sheltered life with her overbearing religious mother and older sister. But her world is turned upside down with the arrival of the Lovell family on her street. Vera quickly befriends the daughter Angela an impulsive worldly young woman who opens Vera's eyes to what she has been missing. But Vera unaware of the effect she has on men invites the unwanted attention of Angela's father with devastating consequences. Outraged at the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant Vera is sent to a home for wayward girls. After giving birth to a baby boy Vera manages to escape the brutality of the institution only to end up homeless. Alone and struggling to make ends meet Vera is determined to give her son a better life - at any cost. But just as their fortunes seem to change for the better everything Vera has worked for is threatened by the unexpected return of Alfred Lovell...June Hampson brings heartbreak warmth and humour to this compelling tale of family tragedy and a young mother's fight for her son.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Gosport, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Vera has led a sheltered life with her overbearing, religious mother and older sister. But her world is turned upside down with the arrival of the Lovell family on her street. Vera quickly befriends the daughter, Angela, an impulsive, worldly young woman who opens Vera's eyes to what she has been missing. But Vera, unaware of the effect she has on men, invites the unwanted attention of Angela's father, with devastating consequences. Outraged at the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant, Vera's mother sends her to a home for wayward girls. After giving birth to a baby boy, Vera manages to escape the brutality of the institution, only to end up homeless. Alone and struggling to make ends meet, Vera is determined to give her son a better life - at any cost. But just as their fortunes seem to change for the better, everything Vera has worked for is threatened...June Hampson brings heartbreak, warmth and humour to this compelling tale of family tragedy and a young mother's fight for her son.

  • Blackwell

    A mother's love knows no bounds... Gosport, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Vera has led a sheltered life with her overbearing, religious mother and older sister. But her world is turned upside down with the arrival of the Lovell family on her street.

  • 1409133699
  • 9781409133698
  • June Hampson
  • 1 March 2012
  • Orion
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 336
  • Hardback
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