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Tara
  • Imprint: Arrow

  • Published: 03/03/2011

  • ISBN: 9780099557432

  • Length: 720  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 44mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 490g

  • RRP: £8.99

Tara

Lesley Pearse

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In the East End, twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then and there to change her life.

This is the story of three beautiful and talented women. Mabel, whose great love for a gambling man has brought her close to insanity; gentle Amy, who marries a man brutalised by war and failure; and Tara, who is hungry for success and life on her own terms.

To have both, she must battle against the legacy these two women have left her, the deep prejudices and dangers of Whitechapel in the 1960s - with its gang leaders, rogues, market traders and dolly birds - and the passionate love she has had since girlhood for the charming wideboy and villain, Harry Collins.

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • Published: 03/03/2011

  • ISBN: 9780099557432

  • Length: 720  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 44mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 490g

  • RRP: £8.99


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About the Author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and four grandchildren. Connect with Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing: Follow her on Twitter @LesleyPearse Follow her on Facebook @LesleyPearseAuthor Sign up for her newsletter www.lesleypearse.com

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