TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neale,Kitty
TI  - The empty hearth
SN  - 9781409178774
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Orion
KW  - Dysfunctional families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Battersea (London, England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Bildungsromans
N2  - Millie Pratchett's life is not an easy one. Her dad, coalman Alfie, is a bully, and his vicious temper dominates their small terraced house in Battersea. His teenage children, handsome John and ugly-duckling Millie, have learnt to dodge his moods but Millie lives in fear for her mother, Eileen. When Alfie's tyranny forces Eileen into an impossible position, a crisis erupts. The Pratchetts' old life collapses around them and a new, darker future looms. But people are not always what they seem; could Millie turn out to be far stronger and more resilient than anyone could have imagined?
ER  -