Tess Duffy believes Myrtle Street is cursed, but few people believe her. Yet the street's tragedies will feature in local gossip for years to come. It is left to Megan, the third Duffy child, to end the curse. Embroiled in a web of deceit, she needs all her strength to survive.
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'Gritty, down-to-earth writing and strong female characters have become the trademarks of her writing' -- Bookworld
About the Author
Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. Her other novels, A Whisper to the Living, With Love From Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile, Billy London's Girls, and Paradise Lane, are also published by Corgi Books and she is a national bestseller. Her latest novel, The Bells of Scotland Road, is now available as a Bantam Press hardback. She has written a six-part television series and over forty children's programmes for independent television.
Ruth Hamilton now lives in Liverpool with her family.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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A Crooked Mile tells the story of several families from Bolton, England, both rich and poor, beginning after World War I. It follows the life of Megan Duffy, a girl born to a large family without much money and focusses on her connections with family, friends, and the various townspeople as she grows older.
I didn't greatly enjoy this book and couldn't really relate to the characters or the scene it was set in. The author didn't give much background on the class structure and level of poverty at that time in the UK; this would have been helpful, but I saw a five star review on amazon.co.uk so maybe I'm simply not British enough for this book...although modern British chick lit is one of my favourite genres. The book really dragged in the middle for me and I feel this is where I lost touch with the characters and didn't really care what happened to them. The three stars is due to an enjoyable last fifty pages.
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This review is from: A Crooked Mile (Kindle Edition)
This book was very well written and kept me wanting more. The reader is drawn into the lives of the Duffy family. Very enjoyable.
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