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The Christmas Eve ghost is set in 1930s Liverpool, England, where Bronwen and Dylan are raised by their widowed mother. She works tirelessly washing clothes for others, leaving the children alone at home on occasion. The family’s neighbors, the O'Rileys, attend a different church, and the mother advises her children to keep distance from them. Through this setting, the novel examines the challenges of single-parent families, social divisions, and daily life during that era.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Shirley Hughes
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