The long and winding road /
by Pearse, Lesley.
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BookPublisher: UK : Michael Joseph, 2024Description: 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241453209 (hbk.) :; 0241453208 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 PEASubject(s): Pearse, Lesley | Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Women novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography | Biography | Biography | London, Greater London | Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999 | Biography & non-fiction prose | Autobiography: literarySummary: Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart. A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world. Yet this description could apply to Lesley herself. In this, her first ever autobiography, she tells of growing up in an orphanage after her mother's death, her racy twenties in London during the swinging sixties and working as a bunny girl and dressmaker. Packed full of Lesley's signature warmth, wit and poignancy, this is the story of a woman and a writer fighting against the odds to achieve her dreams.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Bootle Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003121119X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 24/10/2024 | 003120321X | ||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 02/11/2024 | 003120079X | ||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | 920 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 01/11/2024 | 003120554X | ||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003120320X |
Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart. A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world. Yet this description could apply to Lesley herself. In this, her first ever autobiography, she tells of growing up in an orphanage after her mother's death, her racy twenties in London during the swinging sixties and working as a bunny girl and dressmaker. Packed full of Lesley's signature warmth, wit and poignancy, this is the story of a woman and a writer fighting against the odds to achieve her dreams.
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