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My father would have flipped a coin and watched his fate come twirling down to earth. Dolores is the youngest of six daughters. Growing up in the 1960s in Cardiff's poverty stricken Tiger Bay, her life is cursed from the start when, on the day of her birth, her father gambles and loses everythi...
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Picador,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2000 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Picador classic ;
52 |
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| Summary: |
My father would have flipped a coin and watched his fate come twirling down to earth. Dolores is the youngest of six daughters. Growing up in the 1960s in Cardiff's poverty stricken Tiger Bay, her life is cursed from the start when, on the day of her birth, her father gambles and loses everything on a bet that Delores will be a boy. As Dolores grows older, we see this strange underworld through her eyes: Tiger Bay is a place of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets, and for Dolores and her sisters, their home is a dangerous place, filled equally by fear and love. Th |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2000. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 284 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781509827558 1509827552 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/A999-2 |