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Hop, Step and Jump
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Persephone Books edition of much-loved bestseller Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson, we are pleased to publish another neglected novel by the same author, Hop, Step and Jump.
In the beginning, the love story of Jenny Dennet and Bert Murray ran the appointed course of all similar love stories in their neighbourhood. It differed in the end because Jenny had character as well as charm and Bert had only charm.
Jenny wants more. Much more. Born into poverty in a small industrial town in the north of England, she is determined to find a way out. After taking up with a handsome rotter named Bert who works in the same factory as her, it's not long before she gives in to his pleas to marry him. But he turns out to be a drunk and a philanderer with an occasional propensity to violence and she soon walks out on him (the 'hop' of the title). 'You can't leave me. Where'll you go?' asks Bert. 'I've got my hands an' I've got my brains and I can work,' Jenny replies.
Sure enough, Jenny quickly gets a job as a housemaid. She falls into an affair with her employer's son, Hugh (the 'step'), but, finding herself both morally compromised and – even worse – bored, she borrows some money from him to open a bakery (the 'jump'). But will running her own business be enough to fulfill her? And what about love?
In the beginning, the love story of Jenny Dennet and Bert Murray ran the appointed course of all similar love stories in their neighbourhood. It differed in the end because Jenny had character as well as charm and Bert had only charm.
Jenny wants more. Much more. Born into poverty in a small industrial town in the north of England, she is determined to find a way out. After taking up with a handsome rotter named Bert who works in the same factory as her, it's not long before she gives in to his pleas to marry him. But he turns out to be a drunk and a philanderer with an occasional propensity to violence and she soon walks out on him (the 'hop' of the title). 'You can't leave me. Where'll you go?' asks Bert. 'I've got my hands an' I've got my brains and I can work,' Jenny replies.
Sure enough, Jenny quickly gets a job as a housemaid. She falls into an affair with her employer's son, Hugh (the 'step'), but, finding herself both morally compromised and – even worse – bored, she borrows some money from him to open a bakery (the 'jump'). But will running her own business be enough to fulfill her? And what about love?
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Data wydania: 16.10.2025
Liczba stron: 288
Wymiary: 19.4x14.1
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
Wydawca: Persephone Books Ltd
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Tytuł:Hop, Step and Jump
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EAN: 9781910263433
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