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Kiss The Girls Goodbye
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Kiss The Girls Goodbye
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Lilian Harry
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:432 | Dimensions(mm): Height 177,Width 115 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780752844480
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Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Publication Date |
24 December 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'The Corner House was making a good job of New Year's Eve, despite the bad weather, the blackout, the looming threat of rationing ...The Nippies were dashing to and fro with their big silver trays and the war seemed suddenly far away.' So begins 1940 for the Nippies at the Lyons Corner House at Marble Arch. But despite putting on a cheerful face for the customers, the war is taking its toll on all the waitresses: for Maggie, married just a few hours, and then parted from her husband; for Jo and Phyl, anxiously waiting for news from their fiances; for Etty, and the constant jibes she faces about her background; and even for Irene, who begins a new friendship which is not all it appears to be...
Author Biography
Lilian Harry grew up in Portsmouth. She has a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren, and now lives in a village on the edge of Dartmoor.
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