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London, 1939. Mary and Jack. In love, unmarried and happy. Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of a once hopeful working class couple - now blitzed, battered and breaking into a desperate new dawn.

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'Proves Connolly to be an original and masterly novelist' Daily Mail. * Daily Mail *
'An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War' Guardian. * Guardian *
'An extraordinary work of sympathetic imagination' Scotsman. * Scotsman *

Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary

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    A Paperback / softback by Joseph Connolly

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      Publisher Quercus Publishing
      Published 1 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781782067047
      978-1782067047
      ISBN-10 1782067043

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      London, 1939. Mary and Jack. In love, unmarried and happy. Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of a once hopeful working class couple - now blitzed, battered and breaking into a desperate new dawn.

      Trade Review
      'Proves Connolly to be an original and masterly novelist' Daily Mail. * Daily Mail *
      'An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War' Guardian. * Guardian *
      'An extraordinary work of sympathetic imagination' Scotsman. * Scotsman *

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