Joy and Josephine
by Monica Dickens
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- Seller
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Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1958. Softcover. Fair Condition. Penguin Books 1168. It isn't easy being born during The Great War. A young mother, desperate and alone, leaves her newborn on a church doorstep, whilst another dies in childbirth surrounded by wealth and family. Both baby girls are brought to the children's home, one to be adopted, and one to be looked after until her rich grandparents are in a position to look after her. After a tragic mix-up at the home, all is cast into darkness and uncertainty. Years later Jo a young woman seeking answers attempts to discover which identity is rightfully hers. Did a poor young girl abandon her in a churchyard, or is she in fact a long-lost member of the aristocracy? Is she Joy, or is she Josephine? Foxing to covers and outer page edges. 380 pages. Pages well browned. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; Inventory No: 267820..
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 267820
- Title
- Joy and Josephine
- Author
- Monica Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Fiction; Fiction; Unbranded Monica Dickens Joy and Josephine
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