Once in a House on Fire by Ashworth, Andrea - 2002-09-06

SOFTBACK * Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd 35798642 * Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: Picador Thirty* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, As New, Never Read, no visible faults. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. As New, Never Read, no visible faults FINE* Illustrations: None* Pages: 330 pp. text. i pp. Advertisements.* Given her start in life, it is all the more remarkable that Andrea Ashworth should have turned out to be an Oxford graduate with such a compelling memoir under her belt. Her father died when she was five, her mother was left, poor and isolated in 70s, depressed Manchester to bring up Andrea and her younger sister singlehandedly. Along comes a physically abusive stepfather who sets about dragging the young family into the pits of despair, petty crime and sordid poverty.* As NEW never read copy of the 1st./2nd.*