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'Vivid, bawdy and bitter' THE TIMES 'A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit' IVAN GOLD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world.There's Kelly, at eleven, neglected and independent, dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah, knocking on sixty and still on the game; Joanne, not yet twenty, not yet married and already pregnant. Old Alice is welcoming her impending death whilst Muriel helplessly watches the decline of her stoical husband.And linking them all, watching over them all, mother to half the street, is fiery, indomitable Iris.Read More

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    'Vivid bawdy and bitter' (The Times) Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street young and old meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world. There's Kelly at eleven neglected and independent dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah knocking on sixty and still on the game; Joanne not yet twenty not yet married and already pregnant; Old Alice welcoming her impending death; Muriel helplessly watching the decline of her stoical husband. And linking them all watching over them all mother to half the street is fiery indomitable Iris.

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    an early work by the winner of the 1995 Booker Prize Vivid, bawdy and bitter' (The Times), Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world.

  • 0860682838
  • 9780860682837
  • Pat Barker
  • 13 May 1982
  • Virago Press Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 266
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