go
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The boldness of Betty / Anna Carey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2020.Description: 288 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781788491235 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
Summary: It's summer in 1913 and Betty Rafferty is fed up. Forced to leave school at 14, Betty is considered lucky when she gets a job in a sweet shop. However, Betty is bored in the shop, and looks on with envy at her customers who attend the posh girls school on nearby Eccles Street. But life in Dublin becomes anything but boring when unrest brings the city to a halt, so Betty volunteers at a soup kitchen organised by the Irish Women Workers Union. Will Betty be able to do her bit?
List(s) this item appears in: Historical Fiction | Irish Historical Fiction
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available AR BL 5.4 B06029F0499
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16867F0499

It's summer in 1913 and Betty Rafferty is fed up. Forced to leave school at 14, Betty is considered lucky when she gets a job in a sweet shop. However, Betty is bored in the shop, and looks on with envy at her customers who attend the posh girls school on nearby Eccles Street. But life in Dublin becomes anything but boring when unrest brings the city to a halt, so Betty volunteers at a soup kitchen organised by the Irish Women Workers Union. Will Betty be able to do her bit?

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.