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Georgia - Lesley Pearse

Description: ISBN 0099428075 / Author: Lesley Pearse / Genre: Fiction / From the seedy backstreets of London's Soho in the 60s to the tough, sexy ... more

Georgia - Lesley Pearse ... world of international rock-stardom in the 70s, Georgia sees it all-When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Penniless, sleeping rough, Georgia is soon introduced to the sleazy Soho world of brassy strippers, sweat shops, camaraderie and hardship. Fired by a fierce ambition, blessed with an extraordinary voice, her long struggle for fame and fortune begins. But even when she reaches the top she finds that the scars of the past can open up to ruin her-Steeped in atmosphere and raw emotion, Georgia is the story of a determination to succeed against all the odds and of a burning first love.

Newest Review: ... in love with Georgia Celia fosters her immediately and for six years are blissfully happy along with Celia's husband and ... more

... Georgia's foster father, Brian. By the time it gets to Georgia's fifteenth birthday, she has bloomed and grew into a beautiful young lady, well cared for, loved by her foster parents and with a blossoming first love with a young man named Peter, that is until after her fifteenth birthday party, Georgia suffers the cruellest betrayal at the hands of her foster father, forcing her to run away leaving her foster mother and her true love, to pick up the pieces. Georgia runs away to Soho and after a few very scary nights on...more

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Georgia - Lesley Pearse: Georgia... not just a place. (511 words)
by - written on 05/03/08 (Very useful, 62 readings)
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This is my first "adult", book review, so please be gently with your comments!! The book I will try to review is Georgia by Lesley Pearse, the story begins like so - It's February 1954 and the story begins in a south London orphanage run by nun's. Georgia is the feisty nine year old at the centre of this story, due to era and the fact that she is half caste, Georgia was apparently abandoned as a baby and like so many other orphans has no sense of identity. After one of the many beatings that were regularly given out to the children, Georgia's path crosses with social worker Celia Anderson. After falling in love with Georgia ... Read the complete review