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The Palace of Strange Girls - Sallie Day

Description: ISBN 0007276079 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Sallie Day / Paperback / 304 Pages / Book is published 2009-02-05 by HarperPerennial

Newest Review: ... terraced house Jack owns outright spotless and taking care of her family. She is frugal, frigid and no fun whatsoever. She ... more

... wants to move to a new semi in a better part of town but is finding it hard to convince Jack. Elder daughter Helen wants to leave school and work full-time at Blanche's dress shop in her hometown, but her mother won't hear of it. She spends the week desperately trying to escape her mother's clutches and restrictive rules, desperately wanting to enjoy her holiday the way she wants to. Beth is an observant and clever child who struggles with reading and writing after missing a lot of school because she had surgery ...more

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The Palace of Strange Girls - Sallie Day: Change is in the Sea Air (832 words)
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Every year the Singleton family holiday at the Belvedere Hotel in Blackpool. It is such an ingrained routine that dad Jack pays the deposit for the following year before the holiday is out. So in July 1959, Jack, a Blackburn mill worker, his wife Ruth and their two daughters, 16 year old Helen and 7 year old Beth, take the train to the seaside for their annual Wakes Week holiday. "The Palace of Strange Girls" tells the story of that one week's holiday and how each family member finds themselves in a transitional period of their lives for several reasons. Jack has a secret he has kept from Ruth since before they married during ... Read the complete review