Motherwell: A Girlhood
β Scribed by Deborah Orr
- Book ID
- 100449678
- Publisher
- Orion
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781474611473
- ASIN
- B07VHRK9KL
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Just shy of 18, Deborah Orr left Motherwell - the town she both loved and hated - to go to university. It was a decision her mother railed against from the moment the idea was raised. Win had very little agency in the world, every choice was determined by the men in her life. And strangely, she wanted the same for her daughter. Attending university wasnβt for the likes of the Orr family. Worse still, it would mean leaving Win behind - and Win wanted Deborah with her at all times, rather like she wanted her arm with her at all times. But while she managed to escape, Deborahβs severing from her family was only superficial. She continued to travel back to Motherwell, fantasizing about the day that Win might come to accept her as good enough. Though of course it was never meant to be.
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