The Girls from Fitzroy

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Author
Jennie Jones
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Fiction
Released
31 July, 2024
ISBN
9781489270764

The Girls from Fitzroy

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Synopsis

Melbourne, 1945. Born into a well-to-do family, Maggie Johnson wants freedom from her parents' strict conservative beliefs and their unbending desire for her to marry the right sort of man. Instead, Maggie longs to forge her own path in life. Lil Kelly, who lives in the slums, works tirelessly to care for her mother and sister. Lil looks for contentment wherever she can find it, not daring to dream of more.

When their paths cross during the exhilarating celebrations of Victory in the Pacific Day, they form a secret friendship. Determined to help lift Lil out of poverty, Maggie finds herself in need of her friend's help when her own carefully ordered world collapses.

As Maggie discovers the strength and vibrancy within the close-knit community of southern Fitzroy, Lil is inspired to take a chance and look beyond the only life she has ever known.

In a world where destiny is dictated by the street where you were born, can Maggie and Lil find the courage to pursue their dreams and follow their hearts?

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A Heartwarming and Historical Tale: Read an Extract from The Girls from Fitzroy by Jennie Jones

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6 August 2024

A Heartwarming and Historical Tale: Read an Extract from The Girls from Fitzroy by Jennie Jones

    Jennie Jones
    About the author

    Jennie Jones

    Born and brought up in Wales, Jennie Jones loved anything with a romantic element from an early age. At eighteen, she went to drama school in London then spent a number of years performing in British theatres, becoming someone else two hours, eight performances a week.Jennie wrote her first romance story at the age of twenty five whilst ‘resting’ (a theatrical term for ‘out of work’). She wrote a western! But nobody wanted it. Before she got discouraged a musical theatre job came up and Jennie put writing to one side.She now lives in Western Australia, a five minute walk to the beach that she loves to look at but hardly ever goes to - too much sand.Jennie returned to writing four years ago. She says writing keeps her artistic nature dancing and her imagination bubbling. Like acting, she can’t envisage a day when it will ever get boring.

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