{"product_id":"9781472266408","title":"The Dublin Girls","description":"Author: Cathy Mansell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472266408\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDramatic, emotional and romantic, i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ef you love Lorna Cook, Tracy Rees and Jenny Ashcroft, you'll love this gripping and heartrending novel from Cathy Mansell, author of \u003ci\u003eA Place to Belong\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'G\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elorious - a cross between Maeve Binchy and Catherine Cookson' 5* early reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1950s Dublin, life is hard and jobs are like gold dust.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNineteen-year-old Nell Flynn is training to be a nurse and planning to marry her boyfriend, Liam Connor, when her mother dies, leaving her younger sisters destitute. To save them from the workhouse, Nell returns to the family home - a mere two rooms at the top of a condemned tenement.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNell finds work at a biscuit factory and, at first, they scrape through each week. But then eight-year-old Roisin, delicate from birth, is admitted to hospital with rheumatic fever and fifteen-year-old Kate, rebellious, headstrong and resentful of Nell taking her mother's place, runs away.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Liam finds work in London, Nell stays to struggle on alone - her unwavering devotion to her sisters stronger even than her love for him. She's determined that one day the Dublin girls will be reunited and only then will she be free to follow her heart.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for more gripping, heartwrenching \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epage-turners from Cathy Mansell - don't miss \u003ci\u003eA Place to Belong\u003c\/i\u003e, out now.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919472017566,"sku":"ING-9781472266408","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472266408.jpg?v=1782812515","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472266408","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}