ASIN: B013RCXOFK
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 173
Glasgow, the 1900s. Nothing was more shaming than to give birth to an illegitimate child.Meg and her young daughter Becky live in constant fear of their secret being exposed. But it is not just the shame of being an unmarried mother that troubles Meg.She must raise her beloved daughter through the great disasters and traumas of the early twentieth century. The threat of Bubonic Plague in Glasgow in 1900.The Ibrox Disaster of 1902, when the newly built West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous night.The Great War which claimed the lives of the city's young men. The Great Depression which robbed it of so many jobs. And the trials and tests of World War Two, the great national struggle in which every person was involved. Through it all, Meg experiences the extremes of both Love and Sorrow.'Love & Sorrow' is a moving, epic saga that brilliantly captures the turbulent ...
