The Halfpenny Girls, Maggie Mason
The Halfpenny Girls, Maggie Mason
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The Halfpenny Girls
A heart-breaking and nostalgic wartime family saga

Author: Maggie Mason

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 11 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2021


Synopsis

THE BRAND NEW SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON - MEET THE HALFPENNY GIRLS. . .

'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson ' Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass

Down on their luck, all the have left is friendship . . .

It is 1937 and Alice, Edith and Marg continue to face hardships every day, growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blackpool. Penniless, their friendship has helped them survive this far, but it'll take more than that to see them through the dark days that lie ahead . . .

Alice is coping with a violent father and the weight of the duty she carries to support her family, Marg is left reeling after a dark secret about her birth comes to light and threatens to destroy the life she knows, and Edith is fighting to protect her alcoholic mother from the shame of their neighbours and keep her brother on the straight and narrow.

A chance encounter at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom promises to set their lives on a new path, one filled with love and safety and hope for a brighter future. Will The Halfpenny Girls, who have never known anything but poverty, finally find happiness? And if they do, will it come at a price?

The first in a brand new series from reader favourite Maggie Mason, The Halfpenny Girls is the perfect heart-warming family saga about overcoming hardship and the value of friendship. Perfect for fans of Val Wood, Kitty Neale and Rosie Goodwin.

Readers LOVE Maggie Mason's Blackpool sagas:

'5 stars - I wish I could give it more. Wonderful read.'

'Another must read book'

'What a brilliant book. I couldn't put it down!'

'I was hooked from the first page . . . this author is a must read'

'A totally absorbing read'

About Maggie Mason

Maggie Mason also writes saga as Mary Wood. Mary was born the thirteenth child of fifteen and throughout her life had various factory, office and home-based jobs, finally becoming a probation service officer before she retired. Mary married in 1963 and with her husband Roy has four children, eight grandchildren, and five step-grandchildren. She got her first book deal in 2013 and has not looked back since.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on April 18, 2021

Three young women live on one of the poorest streets in Blackpool in 1937. They have become very close, even when they are down to their last few coins, partly through their work at the local biscuit factory, but also because of growing up together in tough circumstances. Alice has a violent father......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV on April 03, 2021

Book one in this new trilogy, That I am ready to start and enjoy. We meet Alice Brett, Edith Forman and Marg Porter, all best friends the same age, live in the same street Whittaker Avenue and all working at Bradshaw Biscuit factory in the packing department Blackpool. It's the year 1937, and poverty......more

Goodreads review by Nicola on October 11, 2021

The Halfpenny Girls is the name given to Alice, Edith and Marg, young women living in a poor area of Blackpool in 1937. They've been friends since childhood and always look out for each other through thick and thin. Each has their own problems at home with difficult family members and struggles to k......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on January 06, 2023

It's so hard to review this book! I think if you read these, you know what you're getting. Yes, it's predictable, but sometimes that's what you want. I loved the main characters and they are so well and compellingly written. But the dialogue is often so so clunky! It just doesn't sound like what nor......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on April 24, 2021

This is the first of a new series by the wonderful Maggie Mason. It starts in 1937 Blackpool, and is the story of three close friends Alice, Marg and Edith who work in the local Biscuit factory. They live in the same street and all three of them have complications with their home lives, but have bee......more