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This boy. 
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Publication year: 2013
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Classification: 920.JOH
Publisher: London : Bantam, 2013.
ISBN: 0593069641 9780593069646 (hbk): 16.99
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This is the story of two incredible women: Alan Johnson's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better future for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility to protect her family.
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320 pages ; 23 cm.
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We all enjoyed this book. We felt it was well written with wit and an unassuming style that provided a wonderful insight and social commentary on living conditions in London at that time. A story of triumph over adversity. The kind of book that proves impossible to put down.
01/09/17
Bedford
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