The Bird Flies High, Maggie Craig
The Bird Flies High, Maggie Craig
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The Bird Flies High

Author: Maggie Craig

Narrator: Lesley Mackie

Unabridged: 13 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 05/01/2016

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

Grinding poverty and violence are on everyday part of life in Glasgow's slums during the 1920s. But Josie Collins, whose mother's death has left her alone with her abusive father, has a dream that she'll become a reporter for one of the city's newspapers. But then disaster strikes when Josie reaches sixteen. Forced to give up her unwanted baby, she starts a new life under her mother's maiden name. After a long struggle, Josie achieves her dream and just as she starts to trust the happiness she's found, the past catches up with her, threatening everything she has worked so hard to achieve.

Reviews

As a comment of 'social history' it's a real winner & deserves 4 stars, an honest look at the lives of the 'ordinary' women of the 20th century. The heroine (Jo) goes through the trials & tribulations of Glasgow life, lived through the worst of what can happen to a woman, the general strike, WW2, et......more

Goodreads review by Mugdha

Average read. It was gripping for the first 2 parts but became predictable later on. What I enjoyed the most was the Glasgow City background and wonderful sketch of how life must have been in 1920s. The changing political and social life is interesting, including the changes in fashion. The love sto......more