Author: DAVIS, MARGARET THOMSON
Title: The Gourlay Girls (Signed Copy)
Description: Edinburgh, B & W Publishing. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1903265088). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication " To Clifford - One of my dearest friends". A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A novel set in Glasgow in the 1930's of Nicholas Cartwright, successful novelist, who lives in a splendid home in the West End with his beautiful wife Virginia and their two children, where everything is perfect in their comfortable, privileged lives. Until one dreadful day, when their world is touched by tragedy and they find themselves struggling to come to terms with a mystery that will haunt them for years to come. Meanwhile in the run down tenements of Springburn, the Gourlay family are battling to make ends meet, the Depression has hit Glasgow hard and Erchie Gourlay is unemployed ,and only the long hours spent sewing and dressmaking by his three daughters keeps the spectre of poverty at bay. The future looks bleak for them until the arrival of a destitute young girl on their doorstep brings them new hope of a better life. NOT EX LIB 14. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

Keywords: Fiction, 1930's Glasgow, Nicholas Cartwright, Gourlay Family, the Depression 1903265088


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