Author: Annie Murray
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330527681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A tale of hardship and social injustice, Miss Purdy's Class by Annie Murray is a heartfelt saga with strong emotional relationships at its heart. In the New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her parents are horrified, but she has the support of her fiance, a recently ordained clergyman. Her early weeks in Birmingham are an eye-opener: at the school she faces a class of fifty-two children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham's very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Miss Drysdale, proves an inspiration, and Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as she is drawn into their lives. Little Lucy Fernandez is a 'cripple' and an epileptic. Through her, Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez, the elder brother in a fatherless household. The family has roots in a Wales' small Spanish community, and Daniel is a young man as fierce and passionate in his emotions as in his social concerns. Gwen falls in love, and is quickly engaged in his battle to win rights for the working classes. As the Brigades are mobilized to fight the Spanish Civil War, Gwen has to face the fact that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to . . .
Miss Purdy's Class
Author: Annie Murray
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330527681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A tale of hardship and social injustice, Miss Purdy's Class by Annie Murray is a heartfelt saga with strong emotional relationships at its heart. In the New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her parents are horrified, but she has the support of her fiance, a recently ordained clergyman. Her early weeks in Birmingham are an eye-opener: at the school she faces a class of fifty-two children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham's very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Miss Drysdale, proves an inspiration, and Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as she is drawn into their lives. Little Lucy Fernandez is a 'cripple' and an epileptic. Through her, Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez, the elder brother in a fatherless household. The family has roots in a Wales' small Spanish community, and Daniel is a young man as fierce and passionate in his emotions as in his social concerns. Gwen falls in love, and is quickly engaged in his battle to win rights for the working classes. As the Brigades are mobilized to fight the Spanish Civil War, Gwen has to face the fact that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330527681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A tale of hardship and social injustice, Miss Purdy's Class by Annie Murray is a heartfelt saga with strong emotional relationships at its heart. In the New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her parents are horrified, but she has the support of her fiance, a recently ordained clergyman. Her early weeks in Birmingham are an eye-opener: at the school she faces a class of fifty-two children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham's very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Miss Drysdale, proves an inspiration, and Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as she is drawn into their lives. Little Lucy Fernandez is a 'cripple' and an epileptic. Through her, Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez, the elder brother in a fatherless household. The family has roots in a Wales' small Spanish community, and Daniel is a young man as fierce and passionate in his emotions as in his social concerns. Gwen falls in love, and is quickly engaged in his battle to win rights for the working classes. As the Brigades are mobilized to fight the Spanish Civil War, Gwen has to face the fact that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to . . .
Miss Purdy's Class : a Vivid Story of Love and Courage
Family of Women, And, Miss Purdy's Class
Author: Annie Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330457903
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330457903
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Christian Student
Author: Bp. William Franklin Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Includes music.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Includes music.
A Schoolmistress at War
Author: Eileen Ramsay
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1785762257
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Previously published as The Dominie's Lassie. Growing up as a schoolmaster's daughter in rural Scotland, Kirsty Robertson has always dreamt of following in her father's footsteps and becoming a schoolmistress. And when her father dies suddenly, she becomes even more determined to make him proud. Dedicated to her career, Kirsty knows she can't let love get in her way. She spurns the advances of her childhood friend, Jamie, a farmhand. But soon, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Hugh, the laird's son, whose family she knows would never approve of him marrying a poor schoolteacher. When World War I breaks out, and Hugh leaves to fight, Kirsty knows her future is in question once more. Soon, Kirsty finds herself alone and hiding a shameful secret. Will she be able to keep the truth away from village gossips and protect her family? Will she ever find true happiness again?
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1785762257
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Previously published as The Dominie's Lassie. Growing up as a schoolmaster's daughter in rural Scotland, Kirsty Robertson has always dreamt of following in her father's footsteps and becoming a schoolmistress. And when her father dies suddenly, she becomes even more determined to make him proud. Dedicated to her career, Kirsty knows she can't let love get in her way. She spurns the advances of her childhood friend, Jamie, a farmhand. But soon, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Hugh, the laird's son, whose family she knows would never approve of him marrying a poor schoolteacher. When World War I breaks out, and Hugh leaves to fight, Kirsty knows her future is in question once more. Soon, Kirsty finds herself alone and hiding a shameful secret. Will she be able to keep the truth away from village gossips and protect her family? Will she ever find true happiness again?
Minutes of the ... Session of the Mexico Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Issue for 1913 contains all reports for 1912 except those unavailable because no session was held.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Issue for 1913 contains all reports for 1912 except those unavailable because no session was held.
Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the Museums for the Year Ending ...
Report for the Year ...
Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the Museums
Author: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description