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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... married life was not for him . His secret heart , treacherously , as he thought , had indeed caused him to wonder why he shouldn't find someone . But who'd want a man near fifty ? A young girl looking for a gran- dad maybe , or a widow ...
... married life was not for him . His secret heart , treacherously , as he thought , had indeed caused him to wonder why he shouldn't find someone . But who'd want a man near fifty ? A young girl looking for a gran- dad maybe , or a widow ...
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... married our Charlie . And she was soft because she wouldn't say boo to a goose - especially to your father . Maybe her father had hammered her a bit . People in the street took her for an all- hard woman , even though they knew her . A ...
... married our Charlie . And she was soft because she wouldn't say boo to a goose - especially to your father . Maybe her father had hammered her a bit . People in the street took her for an all- hard woman , even though they knew her . A ...
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... married . Such a move seemed totally unnecessary to his needs . Like all soldiers , he had few friends and many acquaintances , and so could never feel cut off , never as lonely as he'd heard you could be . Only a lonely man married ...
... married . Such a move seemed totally unnecessary to his needs . Like all soldiers , he had few friends and many acquaintances , and so could never feel cut off , never as lonely as he'd heard you could be . Only a lonely man married ...
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