- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Orion (17 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752874322
- ISBN-13: 978-0752874326
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,079,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A captivating follow up to SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE MORNING, set in working-class Leeds in the 1920s
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When Jessica Price was a little girl, her father, a shoemender, gave her a beautiful new pair of shoes with a sixpence hidden in the toe of one. From the fairies, he explained: 'For luck, and to say you have far to go in life.' But in this captivating novel set in working-class Leeds in the 1920s, it is Jess who, with her generous heart, makes her own luck. Growing up in the aftermath of the Great War, Jess is torn between her hen-pecked father and cantankerous, ambitious mother. For amusement she creates alternative fairy-tales - mixing glass slippers, seven league boots and red dancing shoes - while submitting to her mother's strict Catholic upbringing. Following a disastrous spell as housekeeper to the local priest, she then works happily in the office of her uncle's shoe factory and falls in love with her childhood soul-mate and adopted cousin, Wilf, who dreams of being a great artist and sculptor. But it is only when she has to rescue her godchild, Leila, from an orphanage that Jess's path is truly set, allowing her to step into an enchanted future. A story of courage, loyalty and enduring love, SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE is told with wonderful humour and verve. Frances McNeil's great gift is to show us that every life is magical - not just those in fairy-tales - and that at the heart of every person is a search for home.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book was a total surprise, I just happened to pick it up as I needed an extra book to take away for holiday reading and thought it "would do" - it did, captivated from the start, love her style of writing, story telling, intrigue, deviousness... really do suggest you all give it a go..
0 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was disappointed with this book as it had hardly any mention at all of the area of Leeds - churches etc were not named - so you had to guess which ones they were according to the surrounding streets. I can only guess that Frances does not know the geography of Leeds too well..?
Also - (sorry) - but quite boring. I could easily have put this book down at any point and not picked it up again. The only reason i finished it was that i paid good money for it...
This is the second book of Frances McNeil`s i have read, and i found both of them a bit of a let down.
Also - (sorry) - but quite boring. I could easily have put this book down at any point and not picked it up again. The only reason i finished it was that i paid good money for it...
This is the second book of Frances McNeil`s i have read, and i found both of them a bit of a let down.
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