{"product_id":"1529002788","title":"All My Mother's Secrets","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKeeping My Sisters' Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e comes the moving and evocative true story of Beezy Marsh's grandmother and the family secrets that threatened her happiness.\u003c\/b\u003eAnnie is the eldest daughter of a laundress in Acton, London, raised to keep the rich families of Kensington spick and span. As she grows up in poverty in the 1920s and 1930s, her life centres on the family business, working long hours of hard physical labour. When she's not in the laundry she's looking after her younger brother and two step-sisters. But she's haunted by thoughts of her real father and what happened to him. All she knows is that he died in the Great War - her mother will not talk about him and his very existence is shrouded in secrecy.Annie's search for the truth angers and frightens her mother, who throws her out of the house. Undaunted, Annie continues, convinced that solving the puzzle holds the key to her future happiness, as she simply doesn't seem able to trust men. Can Annie cut the apron strings binding her to the drudgery of life in the laundry business and find the love that had eluded her so far?As with the bestselling biography, \u003ci\u003eKeeping My Sisters' Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eAll My Mother's Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e, Beezy Marsh has crafted a rich and touching story of a young woman's journey as she faces up to the choices of the previous generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eBooks\u003c\/li\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marsh, Beezy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781529002782\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pan Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49279973589182,"sku":"1529002788-4","price":5.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81lKQlC3NmL.jpg?v=1791949728","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1529002788","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}