Empty Hearth
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Book info: Empty Hearth (Hardcover, 475 pages – ORION, 2006) – ORION, 2006. Language: Eng.
Set in Battersea in the 50s and 60s, the Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. Although Alfie is a bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. The main concern of ugly duckling Millie is to protect their mum, Eileen. When a serious crisis occurs at the Pratchetts' home, Alfie is forced to watch his whole world gradually collapse around him. Their old life has gone forever, and a new one has begun?one in which rape, debt, alcoholism, and insanity play their parts. And redemption is a long time coming.