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 The Skylark's Song - Audrey Howard
 The Skylark's Song - Audrey Howard ... squalor of her background. It follows her from the age of five, through poverty, adoption, betrayal, assault, escape and eventual rescue by a man for ever beyond her reach. By the author of A World of Difference.Newest Review: ... her, though will gladly "rent" her to Joanna for a princely sum of ten shillings a week. Here, they play on the ... more ... fact that there is never any paperwork, and that they can take the child back at any time they like. The emotions that Zoe goes through are pretty natural ones given the circumstance of being pulled backwards and forwards from poverty to over indulgence, and I felt more sorry for the child than the family who profited from her, or the character of Joanna, a self indulgent woman who wanted the love of a child without having the burden of a husband, looked down upon by the school governors, though manipulated by her to wo...more |
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The Skylark's Song - Audrey Howard: BEGINNINGS. (1061 words)
by - written on 10/09/06 (Very useful, 123 readings)
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The Skylark's Song was Audrey Howard's debut into the world of fiction, and as such is a turning point in her life. It's the story of poverty turned good, but it is more than that really. Her story starts in the slum area of Liverpool and in particular Love Lane. It tells of a young girl called Zoe, whose birth killed her mother, and whose father took to the bottle and left the upbringing of her siblings to her sister, Sara. The poverty described seems well described and realistic, but the point is made right from the start of the book that little Zoe is different from the other kids. I suppose the logic is well defined in the book, because Zoe comes at a time when the ... Read the complete review
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