Janet is determined to make something of herself, instead of being chained to a sink with a baby a year like most women of her generation.

She passes her eleven-plus & wins a scholarship to go to a good grammar school, but her father refuses to believe that girls have the right to do anything other than look after their husbands & raise children.

Struggling to fit in at her new school & picked on by the other girls, Janet befriends, Ruth, another lonely pupil whose Jewish family have suffered many hardships.

Janet & Ruth forge a strong friendship through her school life & beyond. But will their friendship survive when Janet falls for Ruth’s brother, Ben –marriage to a Catholic girl would go against everything his community hold dear.

When the whole world seems stacked against her, can Janet hold onto her dreams?

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• ISBN: 9780007547821
• Author: Anne Bennett
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 485
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm















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