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 Let it Shine - Josephine Cox
 Let it Shine - Josephine Cox ... she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter, who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune.Newest Review: ... and disregard. Greed, bitterness, regret, despair and grief are all added to the melting pot of their lives. Family lives ... more ... united or torn asunder.
Josephine Cox, the author really writes characters well, some you come to care about and some you learn to despise. You will get feelings in between , but there are very few within her cast of characters that you do not form strong opinions of.
It is what I would describe as a typical story type relating to life "oop north" in the thirties.
I have no wish to spoil the story, for you, suffice to say that lives that at first appear to have no connection soon reveal themselves...more |
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Let it Shine - Josephine Cox: You cannot choose your family (305 words)
by - written on 12/10/09 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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Let it Shine is the story of different families in the 1930s. All living in Lancashire, but living in what at first appears to be different worlds. Worlds where money rules and where it does not. Lives where hatred is the thread, lives where love flourishes. We see many other sides of the same coin- selfishness and selflessness, compassion and disregard. Greed, bitterness, regret, despair and grief are all added to the melting pot of their lives. Family lives united or torn asunder. Josephine Cox, the author really writes characters well, some you come to care about and some you learn to despise. You will get feelings in between , but ... Read the complete review
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