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"Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues . . . In the specialised world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory" (Helen Dunmore, The Times)
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The masterful, brilliantly captured story of one girl's attempt to escape her past . . .
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- PublisherBook Club
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 9997545141
- ISBN 13 9789997545145
- BindingHardcover
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Pure as the Lily
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Seller Inventory # G9997545141I5N00
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Pure as the Lily
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Seller Inventory # G9997545141I3N01
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Pure as the Lily
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Seller Inventory # G9997545141I3N10
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Pure as the Lily
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_394062490
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Pure as the Lily
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The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1973
ISBN 10: 9997545141
ISBN 13: 9789997545145
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Seller: Grants Books, Belding, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. A bittersweet novel of love and a woman's courage. Pretty Mary Walton just 16 in 1933 is the daughter of a lower-class English family. He father has been unemployed ever since she can remember and her mother has rejected and victimized her all of her life. Mary has known only hardship and poverty when she gets her first glimpse of a better life when she goes to work for Ben Tollett, a local shopkeeper. Tollett has a small child and he hires Mary to care for him, since his wife died in childbirth. One night Ben takes advantage of the young girl and she gets pregnant. He asks Mary to marry him, but Mary's mother is jealous and talks her husband into taking care of Ben Tollett for what he did to their daughter. Seller Inventory # 000243
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