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The Broken Biscuit: A True Story of Poverty, Tragedy, Love and Humour

Brand: John Blake

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UPC:
9781903402450
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2001-03-01
Author:
John Cowell
Language:
english
Edition:
2nd
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The Broken Biscuit is a remarkable story of a remarkable woman told by her loving son, John Cowell. Winifred Cowell is a woman of true courage, generosity and spirit; a woman who throughout her life has pitted herself against poverty and hardship. In the vein of Angela's Ashes and A Child Called It, The Broken Biscuit is the heart-rending story of one woman's struggle and refusal to succomb to adversitythe beatings of a violent husband, the crippling poverty of ageto raise six children in the only way she knew how.