The Stanford Lasses

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Paperback. Pub Date: December 2006 Pages: 400 in Publisher: Arrow They loved They lost They the lived In the small Yorkshire the town of Cottenly - dominated by the steel works and surrounded by beautiful countryside - Isaac Stanford lives with his wife Emily and their three lovely daughters. known locally as the Stanford lasses. Alice. the eldest. lives only for her work as a secretary and chapel on Sunday. Fair and loving Lizzie is content with her job making umellas - until she falls in love with George Crossman and all she desires is to be a wife and mother. And headstrong Ruth. the merry one. is intent upon marrying handsome charmer. Walter Wray. despite warnings from friends and family. Already emotionally damaged by a traumatic childhood. Alice struggles to lead a normal life. Poor but happy with her ever increasing family. with the onset of war. Lizzie faces the thre...