| Title | : | Two For Three Farthings: the perfect feel-good Cockney tale that is certain to your warm your heart |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 347 |
| Publication | : | First published August 1, 1990 |
READERS ARE LOVING TWO FOR THREE FARTHINGS
'I couldn't put it down!' - 5 STAR REVIEW
'Another brilliant read from Mary Jane Staples' - 5 STAR REVIEW
'Hilarious and heart-warming' - 5 STAR REVIEW
'An ideal book to relax with' - 5 STAR REVIEW
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TWO CHILDREN BRING A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO LONDON...
Horace was ten, Ethel seven, when Jim Cooper , home from the trenches , minus an arm and just about managing on his own, found them huddled in a doorway on a wet night in Walworth. Slightly against his better judgement he took them in, fed them cocoa, and put them to sleep in his bed.
A few days later he found that - somehow - he had become the unofficial guardian of Horace and Ethel. It was him, the orphanage, or separation for the gutsy little pair and Jim felt a sudden affinity for the two cheeky cockney kids. First, he had to find lodgings for them all.
Miss Rebecca Pilgrim was a woman of strict Victorian principles, eminently respectable, and determined to keep her privacy intact. She had reckoned without her new lodgers - Horace, Ethel and, above all, the irrepressible Jim Cooper.
And thus began the humanizing of Miss Pilgrim, who turned out to be younger, prettier, and far gentler than any of them had suspected...
Two For Three Farthings: the perfect feel-good Cockney tale that is certain to your warm your heart Reviews
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Oh, yummy--Orrice and Effel get a whole book to themselves after playing supporting roles in the Adams Family series. I do love Effel! She's a scrapper who knows what she wants in life and intends to get it if she can. Orrice is the typical responsible eldest who feels he must look after everyone within reach. At first I was surprised that he was quite so efficient, but then I remembered that at that time in England kids grew up much faster than they do now, particularly slum kids. You either coped or croaked.
The dialogue is familiar to anyone who has read
On Mother Brown's Doorstep, the young boy dealing with his "best mate" girl who is now his sister, and often complains of his lot. This novel was written first, so perhaps Orrice was a dry run for Master Brown, not the other way round. -
I founds this book on the "honor" shelf at the Peoria Heights Library. This is a wonderful fictional story of the cockney life. It is refreshing to read a story from a child's point of view.
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Really good read
Loved the story very heart warming and that times funny. Well worth reading, would really love to see a follow up to this book. -
Loved the story of Effiel and Horace and how they were taken care of by a total stranger.
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Audio book
I really liked this book the characters are entertaining and I cared what happened to them.
I enjoyed the narrator as well she bought the characters to life. -
Again, Mary Jane Staples has created characters that feel like dear friends by the end of the book.
Her writing style is incredibly readable. The detail and description are presented as an integral part of the story, allowing you to 'be there', whilst not being overloaded in a way that feels like a chore to get through.
Highly recommended!
This is the second of her books I have read, and I cannot wait to meet the characters in another of her novels . . . -
A charming story set just after the great war. The first half of the book is taken up with the plight of the two orphans Horace and Ethel, who lose there parents under tragic circumstances. Once they meet Jim Cooper the book for me really picks up, and even more so when they go to live with Miss Rebecca Pilgrim. Not wishing to spoil anything as the ending is usually predictable. But they have a bit of a struggle to get there. And its worth it.
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I really loved this novel. A fantastic stand alone novel with links into the Adams Family when the Cooper children grow up. A heart warming tale of a wounded veteran and an older single lady into whose lives the Cooper children come to live and they all become a family to one another.
