
The Pearly Queen
by Mary Jane Staples | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0552138568 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0552138568 Global Overview for this book
Registered by spike1972 of Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on 5/22/2006
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Another one given to me by Mum.
From amazon.co.uk:
Synopsis
Everyone loved Aunt Edie, especially the Andrews family. Jack Andrews had come home from World War I to find that his wife had abandoned him and their three children. Things were tough for them until Aunt Edie moved in and took over the running of the family.
From the Back Cover
The Pearly Queen was really Aunt Edie. She was thirty-nine, had a good job in a factory, lived in a flat just off Camberwell Green, and had never married. Her fiance had drowned in the Thames when she was a girl and since then she had been on her own, though not from choice. Everyone loved Aunt Edie - but especially the Andrews family.
Jack Andrews was having a tough time. He'd come back from the First World War to find his wife had 'got religion'. She'd got it so badly she finally went off, left Jack and the three children, and joined Father Peter's League of Repenters. She never really came home again.
Jack and the children managed as best they could, but things were pretty tough when Aunt Edie turned up. The first thing she did was give her cousin, Maud Andrews, a piece of her mind, but when that didn't do any good, Edie moved in and took over the Andrews family. For the first time in years life began to look good again. Aunt Edie was warm, generous, kind, and above all she was their very own Pearly Queen.
From amazon.co.uk:
Synopsis
Everyone loved Aunt Edie, especially the Andrews family. Jack Andrews had come home from World War I to find that his wife had abandoned him and their three children. Things were tough for them until Aunt Edie moved in and took over the running of the family.
From the Back Cover
The Pearly Queen was really Aunt Edie. She was thirty-nine, had a good job in a factory, lived in a flat just off Camberwell Green, and had never married. Her fiance had drowned in the Thames when she was a girl and since then she had been on her own, though not from choice. Everyone loved Aunt Edie - but especially the Andrews family.
Jack Andrews was having a tough time. He'd come back from the First World War to find his wife had 'got religion'. She'd got it so badly she finally went off, left Jack and the three children, and joined Father Peter's League of Repenters. She never really came home again.
Jack and the children managed as best they could, but things were pretty tough when Aunt Edie turned up. The first thing she did was give her cousin, Maud Andrews, a piece of her mind, but when that didn't do any good, Edie moved in and took over the Andrews family. For the first time in years life began to look good again. Aunt Edie was warm, generous, kind, and above all she was their very own Pearly Queen.

Journal Entry 2 by spike1972 at Brecon Mountain Railway in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (8/30/2006 UTC) at Brecon Mountain Railway in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales United Kingdom
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I left it on a wooden bench on the left as you go in the main entrance, as you approach the Ticket Office.
I left it on a wooden bench on the left as you go in the main entrance, as you approach the Ticket Office.