The Palace of Strange Girls
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The Palace of Strange Girls by Sallie Day
I-SPY AT THE SEASIDE Hello, children! Welcome to your very own I-Spy Book. In these pages youll be able to look for all kinds of secret, exciting things that are found only by the sea.'A panoramic portrait of an English family in the 1950s … charming' Gloss magazine
'It is cleverly crafted work, effortlessly moving between grand design and minute detail and using both humour and pathos to stunning effect.’ New Books
‘This might just be the most delightful book you read this year: it's heroine, seven-year-old Beth Singleton, is charm itself.’ Easy Living
'In 1959, the burgeoning freedom of the Sixties forces a crisis at the heart of the superficially stable Singleton family on their annual trip to Blackpool.' Times '50: The year's greatest paperbacks' by Nicolas Clee
Sallie Day began writing after her children left home. Her interest led her on to an M.A. from Manchester University. She was born in Lancashire and her father was Managing Director of several cotton mills. ‘The Palace of Strange Girls’ was written in a tiny flat overlooking a Hindu Temple.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007276073 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007276079 |
| Title | The Palace of Strange Girls |
| Author | Sallie Day |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2009-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Portico Prize for Literature: Fiction 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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