Union Street
Author | : Pat Barker |
Publisher | : Virago |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780349009223 |
ISBN-13 | : 0349009228 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Download or read book Union Street written by Pat Barker and published by Virago. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.