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The picture house girls / Rosie Archer.
By: Archer, Rosie.
Publisher: Leicester : Thorpe, 2021Description: 282 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549004.Subject(s): Young women -- Fiction | Mothers -- Fiction | World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Wales -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Here she meets Vera, a cleaner at the cinema, and her niece, Babs, who sells ice creams. But when Connie falls for the charming Tommo Smith, her friendships are tested. When Tommo tells her that he's a dancing instructor at a local club her eyes light up. As Connie struggles with the harsh realities of war, she comes to realise that life isn't always like the pictures...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013150933 | ||||
| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Issued | 09/05/2024 | 38055013150941 |
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Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Here she meets Vera, a cleaner at the cinema, and her niece, Babs, who sells ice creams. But when Connie falls for the charming Tommo Smith, her friendships are tested. When Tommo tells her that he's a dancing instructor at a local club her eyes light up. As Connie struggles with the harsh realities of war, she comes to realise that life isn't always like the pictures...
Adult.