The Widower's SonAllen, 1976 - 288 pages William's father, a Nottinghamshire coalminer, is proud of his son's military success, and annoyed when he gives up his life as a colonel in the artillery to become manager of a bowling alley. |
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... father had died in the ' War to end Wars ' . Some had flitted . Others had never turned up in the first place , but he was the only one to be lumbered with nothing but a father . The inside horizons had crumbled when his mother died ...
... father had died in the ' War to end Wars ' . Some had flitted . Others had never turned up in the first place , but he was the only one to be lumbered with nothing but a father . The inside horizons had crumbled when his mother died ...
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... father took only five minutes to get scrubbed , so the bath was still hot and he sat down slowly , ladling the soap ... father's . The bucket of fresh was almost cold , and he shuddered as it poured over , glad to stride out and reach ...
... father took only five minutes to get scrubbed , so the bath was still hot and he sat down slowly , ladling the soap ... father's . The bucket of fresh was almost cold , and he shuddered as it poured over , glad to stride out and reach ...
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... father had to Ashfield . He was almost at the age when his father settled there after the army . But he had made his home elsewhere and taken a different style of life . Yet how different was it , and how different was he ? Maybe his father ...
... father had to Ashfield . He was almost at the age when his father settled there after the army . But he had made his home elsewhere and taken a different style of life . Yet how different was it , and how different was he ? Maybe his father ...
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