Through Streets Broad and Narrow (2013)

by Gemma Jackson

Series: Ivy Rose (1)

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On New Year's Day 1925 Ivy Rose Murphy awakes to find her world changed forever. Her irresponsible Da is dead. She is grief-stricken and alone but for the first time in her life free to please herself. After her mother deserted the family, Ivy became the sole provider for her Da and three brothers. As she visits the morgue to pay her respects to her Da, a chance meeting introduces Ivy to a new world of money and privilege, her mother's world. Ivy is suddenly a woman on a mission to improve herself and her lot in life.… (more)

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Welll...not the most well written story I've ever read but it was a good plot in theory. While I don't like books with too much description, this one seemed to go the other way with not enough description and very little character development other than the main character. I feel like the author could have expanded the story lines a little more. (

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Jen-Lynn | Aug 1, 2022 |

This was a feel-good, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps rags to riches story. It’s a good story with many interesting characters. But it’s a fairy tale. Even when things go wrong they ultimately go right. Reading it you must realize no one is ever in any real peril despite the horrid, backbreaking poverty. When it could feel so real, it just doesn’t. If you can accept this overly innocent view of the world, then it’s a terrific read. (

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On New Year's Day 1925 Ivy Rose Murphy awakes to find her world changed forever. Her irresponsible Da is dead. She is grief-stricken and alone but for the first time in her life free to please herself. After her mother deserted the family, Ivy became the sole provider for her Da and three brothers. As she visits the morgue to pay her respects to her Da, a chance meeting introduces Ivy to a new world of money and privilege, her mother's world. Ivy is suddenly a woman on a mission to improve herself and her lot in life.

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