The September Girls
by Maureen Lee
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In Liverpool, on a stormy September night in 1920, two women from very different backgrounds give birth to daughters in the same house. Enemies at first, they later become friends when separate troubles unite them. But friendship between their daughters, Cara and Sybil, is a different matter. Nineteen years later, at the beginning of the Second World War, Cara and Sybil find themselves thrown together when they enlist and are both stationed in Malta. It is a time of live-changing show more repercussions for them both while, back home in Liverpool, the bombs rain down on a defiant city. show lessTags
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** spoiler alert ** Cara and Sybil, born in the same house but classes apart. On one side you have the Allardyce's who are wealthy and on the other there are the Caffrey's who start as down and outs but build themselves up to be a respectable working class family.
Nancy is central to both families, she is there for them, their children. Outside of the family there is Fielding who we are led to believe have died along with Kit in the Malta bombing but when Cara visits her in London we realise that is not the case much to my relief, she really is great fun.
I cannot fault this book, a true gem.
Nancy is central to both families, she is there for them, their children. Outside of the family there is Fielding who we are led to believe have died along with Kit in the Malta bombing but when Cara visits her in London we realise that is not the case much to my relief, she really is great fun.
I cannot fault this book, a true gem.
Brenna, embarazada de ocho meses, llega junto a su marido Colm y sus dos hijos a Liverpool en busca de una vida mejor. Para esta familia de inmigrantes irlandeses, la década de 1920 es una época de terribles penurias y tienen esperanzas en que sus vidas cambien en Inglaterra. Pero las cosas no salen según lo previsto. Paddy, el hermano de Colm a quien habían mandado dinero para que les consiguiera una casa, no aparece. La familia deambula sin rumbo por esta inhóspita ciudad y de pronto Brenna empieza a sentir contracciones. Se sienta en el portal de una familia pudiente, y Nancy, el ama de llaves de los Allardyce, la invita a pasar y la ayuda en el parto. La casualidad quiere que esa misma noche de septiembre y en esa misma casa, show more Eleanor Allardyce dé a luz a una niña cuyo destino irá ligado, para siempre, al de la hija de Brenna. show less
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- Original title
- The september girls
- Original publication date
- 2005-04
- People/Characters
- Brenna Caffrey; Nancy Gates; Eleanor Allardyce; Cara; Sybil
- Important places
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Original language
- English
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