Polly Pride

Polly's Journey #1

by Freda Lightfoot

Polly Pride feels luckier than most who live in the poor Ancoats area of Manchester. She has a loving husband, two healthy children, a place of their own and a regular wage coming in. But it is the late 1920s, unrest is in the air, employers are putting on the squeeze, and when Matthew loses his job Polly’s life is thrown into turmoil.

With no money coming in Polly decides that only drastic action can keep the family from starvation and in a desperate gamble she sells all the family goods and chattels and buys a handcart, from which she sells second-hand rugs and carpets. But struggling to deal with poverty and her husband’s hurt pride are only the start of her problems, for when tragedy strikes Polly has to do battle with the bigotry of a sour brother-in-law to keep herself and her family from falling apart.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical

308 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Born in Lancashire, I've been a teacher, bookseller and in a mad moment, a smallholder on the freezing fells of the Lake District where I tried my hand at the ‘good life’, kept sheep and hens, various orphaned cats and dogs, built drystone walls, planted a small wood and even learned how to make jam. I now spend the winter in Spain and summer in the UK. I have now published 48 books including many bestselling family sagas and historical novels.
For more information, visit my website www.fredalightfoot.co.uk.

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really wonderful story about the hardships most people faced in the UK around the time of the great depression. Hardships where shared and true friends where there to share the bad times as well as the good. Easy to read but very hard to put down. Recommended.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good read, makes you relise just how tough things were, in the days before welfare support and improving housing stock. Good development of characters with an interesting storyline.

[Honeybee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was excellent! Took place in the 1920s back when women didn't have freedom to work for themselves etc. A nitty gritty book about how life really was. Polly was a strong determined woman. I love every Freda book I have read-you won't regret it!

[Sharon Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Couldn't put it down. I love the strong female characters,They remind me of the strong women in my family.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A true reflexion of times during the 1930's times when times were hard.