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The travelling man

Set in Lancashire in 1901, the story chronicles the struggles of Annie Clancy fighting her way to happiness against all odds.

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  • "Why does Annie Clancy's father hate her? She slaves to keep house for him and her five younger brothers, keeping the family going on a few shillings a week, unloved, uncherished and frequently knocked senseless. Then Laurie Yates, the travelling man, joins their household. Set in Lancashire in 1901, the book chronicles the struggles of a lone woman fighting her way to happiness against all odds."
  • "Set in Lancashire in 1901, the story chronicles the struggles of Annie Clancy fighting her way to happiness against all odds."@en
  • "Seventeen-year-old Annie Clancy works hard keeping house for her father and five brothers, with no gratitude. Then Laurie Yates joins their household. He can read palms and in Annie's hand he traces her most secret dreams. But, restless by nature, he does not stay. And Annie, an outcast from her home, begins her odyssey towards maturity, determined never again to trust a man."@en

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "General fiction"

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  • "The travelling man"
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