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Synopsis
September, 1914. Eighteen-year-old Daisy Gilbert is the star seamstress at Madam Evans' prestigious gown shop in Southampton, but her ambition is to open her own dressmaking business. Her beloved father is desperately ill with TB and Daisy is determined to find enough money to send him to a nursing home, so when the flamboyant Mrs Cummings suggests that Daisy work for her in the evenings as a barmaid at the Solent club, a local upmarket brothel, she accepts. When Madam Evans hears about Daisy's other job she fires her - will Daisy be able to care for her father and preserve her own virtue?
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About the Author
June Tate was born in Southampton, where many of her novels are set. After leaving school she became a hairdresser on the cruise ships the Queen Mary and the Mauritania, meeting many Hollywood film stars and VIPs on her travels. After her marriage to an airline pilot, she lived briefly in Portugal. June, who has two adult daughters, now lives in Sussex.
Review
It's the beginning of World War I, and seamstress Daisy Gilbert, although only 18-years-old, finds herself responsible for her family's financial survival. Her father has fallen ill with tuberculosis, and the family lives on Daisy's meager wages from Madam Evans' elite dressmaker shop in Southampton, as well as fees from Daisy's occasional side work. To make matters worse, her father is in desperate need of a convalescent home, where he can receive proper medical care. One of Madam Evan's clients, a woman who runs a house of ill repute for the wealthy, offers Daisy an evening job as a bartender at her establishment. Even though she's not a prostitute, when Madam Evans finds out about Daisy's bartending at the Solent Club, she fires her, forcing Daisy to make a decision that will change her life forever. A good, loyal teen faces the limited options open to the women of her time in this emotional story of family and sacrifice. --Booklist, 1st February 2010
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- PublisherMagna Large Print Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0750534001
- ISBN 13 9780750534000
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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