From the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain , Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo...
Working class families
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Author:Stuart, DouglasSummary: - Author:Allison, WillSummary:
Just after her mother's funeral, five-year-old Holly is dropped off by her father at her grandfather's South Carolina dairy farm. It will be 30 years before Holly sees her father again--plenty of time to develop a fondness for drinking...
- Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary:
The bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her family's resilience in the face of war and privation. After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir,...
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Author:Stuart, DouglasSummary:This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the...
- Author:Brennert, AlanSummary:
Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's...
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Author:Rivard, KenSummary:Motherwild is an unvarnished journey of the struggle to survive on a violent and dangerous yet loving and alive Montreal working-class street. Set over the course of a year beginning in December 1959, Joey Cantell faces the personal...
- Author:LAWRENCE, D. H.Summary:
E il racconto della vita di un giovane che diventa adulto in una piccola, ristretta communita mineraria inglese. Con uno sguardo attento ai particolari e alla psicologia dei personaggi, Lawrence analizza il rapporto di Paul Maorel con...
