Summary
A Blitz of Broken Dreams: Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary
London, 1939.
Mary and Jack.
In love, unmarried and happy.
Until the outbreak of the Second World War.
Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld.
Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782067047 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782067043 |
| Author: | Joseph Connolly |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 415g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 39mm |
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‘An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War’ Guardian .
‘Proves Connolly to be an original and masterly novelist’ Daily Mail. * Daily Mail *‘An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War’ Guardian. * Guardian *‘An extraordinary work of sympathetic imagination’ Scotsman. * Scotsman *
About The Author
Joseph Connolly
Joseph Connolly is the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling writer of eleven novels, as well as eleven works of non-fiction. He lives in London.
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