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Manchester Pride

On sale

6th May 1999

Price: £6.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340715338

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Polly Pride, of catholic Irish stock, lives with her protestant husband Matthew and their two children in the poor part of Manchester. Despite money worries they are happy, but when Matthew loses his job, Polly decides she must do her bit to keep the family from starvation and she sells all the family’s goods and chattels, using the money to turn their home into a small shop from which she sells second-hand rugs and carpets. This does not please her husband, or his family, who has never accepted their son marrying a catholic, and so Polly not only has to struggle to make a living, but also has to fight to keep her family from falling apart.

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Telegraph & Argus
[Freda Lightfoot] has an established readership who will be delighted by this latest offering ... deftly chronicled, and likeable
Lancashire Life - Manchester
Freda Lightfoot's new novel is a tale of a courageous young woman determined to make a better life for herself and her family.
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
A heart wrenching family story that keeps you turning the pages as the drama unfolds.
Shirley Salmon, West Briton, Truro
This latest novel by Freda Lightfoot, who lives in Fowey, gives a warm-hearted impression of a close community living on its wits and somehow winning through.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Polly is made of stern stuff, though, and the tale of her courage and grit against the backdrop of a Northern city in the grip of depression make for a powerful narrative.