The Empty Hearth

by Kitty Neale

Book Overview

'Dad loves Mum - loves her to the point of obsession. He's jealous when she shows us any affection.' Set in Battersea in the Fifties and Sixties, the Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. Although Alfie is a bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. The main concern of ugly duckling Millie - who looks nothing like her handsome brother John - is to protect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752873156
• ISBN13: 9780752873152
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"