The Coal Yard

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Novel about a girl from Newcastle who falls in love with an American GI during Word War II. The couple are separated when the GI is posted to Warrington and then to Germany. After a period of depression she throws herself into a life of fun and love-making and then gradually drifts into a life of prostitution.

SKU: 9781909644618 Categories: ,
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 373Author: Graham Booth
 

Description

After a delirious three-month affair with an American airman in her home city of Newcastle, Lucy is devastated to find that he has been posted to an air force base in Warrington. Teenager Lucy, decides to follow him and try to make their relationship more permanent. Pretty and self-sufficient, she soon finds digs and a job a short train ride away from Warrington. However, after just a week of blissful happiness with Dino, her American airman is relocated to a base in Germany. Deserted and depressed like many other deserted girls of the time, she becomes despondent, hardly speaking to anyone. Encouraged by a fun-loving work-mate, she joins her in a life of crazy, wanton lovemaking. Time passes and the Americans and their money disappear from the scene and Lucy drifts into a lazy, immoral life eventually leading to prostitution …

Additional information

Weight0.462 kg
Dimensions19.7 × 13 × 3.1 cm

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