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Living in Battersea in the fifties and sixties, the Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. Alfie is a bully and his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. Their main concern is to protect their mum, Eileen.
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5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2006Orion · 475 pages · 9780750524735
- Hardcover · English · 2006Orion Books Limited · 352 pages · 9780752857404
- Paperback · English · 2006Orion Books Limited · 352 pages · 9780752873152
- Other · English · 2018Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 352 pages · 9781409178774
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