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    A Sister's Struggle
    A Sister's Struggle
    A Sister's Struggle
    Audiobook14 hours

    A Sister's Struggle

    Written by Mary Gibson

    Narrated by Anne Dover

    4.5/5

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    London, 1935. Ruby is always hungry, but she will go without if it means her young brothers can eat. 1930s Bermondsey might be called the larder of London, with its pie, pickle and jam factories, but for the poor working classes, starvation is often only a heartbeat away. When Ruby's neighbour suggests she ought to go to the Methodist Mission for free food, Ruby knows her father will be furious, but that she has no other option. It is a decision that will change the course of her life forever, split her family and in the end lead her to face a terrible choice between duty and a great love.

    A heartfelt saga from the bestselling author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJun 13, 2019
    ISBN9781528867023
    A Sister's Struggle
    Author

    Mary Gibson

    Mary Gibson is Professor Emerita of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. She is the author of Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology (2002) and Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915 (2nd Edition, 1999). MARY GIBSON is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate School, City University of New York.

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    • 4/5
      Tʜɪs ɪs ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪɴᴛᴇɴsᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ , ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀʀᴅʟʏ ϙᴜɪᴛ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ. Iᴛ sʜᴀʀᴘʟʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀsᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ
      ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠɪʟ. Nᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ ʀᴏᴏᴛɪɴɢ sᴏ ᴇᴀɢᴇʀʟʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʀᴏɪɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟɪᴀɴ ᴀs ʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀs.I ᴡᴀs ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ. Rᴜʙʏ ʟᴏsᴛ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀɪᴛʜ ɪɴ Gᴏᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ sᴜᴄʜ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʀɪᴀʟs sʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ. Hᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴏɴʟʏ ʀᴇᴀʟ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʏᴇᴀʀs. Tʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴀʀ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɢᴏᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴡᴏʀsᴇ. Hᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴘᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴜғғᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ Gᴏᴅ s ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴀʀᴍs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ?

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    • 4/5
      It's a heart felt story for someone so young to have so much responsibities and not have a child hood the characters felt real and the story touching A D did a super as always