A lucky sixpence /
Baker, Anne, 1914-
A lucky sixpence / Anne Baker. - Large print edition. - 492 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfair at New Brighton. Amid the bright lights and whirling rides, Lizzie wins a lucky sixpence on a stall - as well as the heart of a handsome stallholder. Ben McCluskey isn't the type of man Lizzie's respectable parents had in mind for her, nevertheless the young couple embark on a whirlwind romance. Lizzie's mother worries that history will repeat itself when Ben introduces her daughter to a world she never knew existed. And, as war looms, Milly realises that her sister's luck can't last for ever...
9780750547970 0750547979
Families--Fiction.
Amusement parks--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Merseyside (England)--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.
A lucky sixpence / Anne Baker. - Large print edition. - 492 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfair at New Brighton. Amid the bright lights and whirling rides, Lizzie wins a lucky sixpence on a stall - as well as the heart of a handsome stallholder. Ben McCluskey isn't the type of man Lizzie's respectable parents had in mind for her, nevertheless the young couple embark on a whirlwind romance. Lizzie's mother worries that history will repeat itself when Ben introduces her daughter to a world she never knew existed. And, as war looms, Milly realises that her sister's luck can't last for ever...
9780750547970 0750547979
Families--Fiction.
Amusement parks--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Merseyside (England)--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.