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Mavis Jackson, a fifteen‑year‑old girl strained by her father Ron’s gambling addiction, faces daily mockery and the quiet despair of a fractured family. Her world shifts when Edith Pugh, a house‑bound woman with an unexpected agenda, enters and sees in Mavis a capable hand to aid her household. Meanwhile Ron’s descent into addiction deepens, leaving his close friend Peter unaware of his whereabouts. Uncertainty lingers over Peter’s motives as he confronts the Jackson family, complicating Mavis’s already fraught existence.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Kitty Neale
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