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Lily Steps Up: A Lissadell Story New edition
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By: Judi Curtin
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Published: April 2021
Pages: 320
Categories: Children
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781788492553

Lily and Nellie work hard as housemaids in Lissadell. And yet their days are full of friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Markievicz. But Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but how can she? From the author of Lily at Lissadell and the 'Alice & Megan', 'Eva' and 'Time After Time' series. Lissadell House, Sligo, 1913 Friends Lily and Nellie work long hard hours as housemaids for the Gore Booth family in the Big House. And yet these are days filled with friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Marcievicz. But Lily knows there's an empty place in her friend's heart. Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but could she end up losing all she has - even her livelihood. And what will happen to her hopes and dreams? Just how much would you give up for a friend ...? A story of friendship set in the changing world of early 20th century Ireland. Everyone needs a friend like Lily, kind, clever and tenacious. In a difficult year, this book is like a warm hug * Irish Independent * My niece waits with bated breath for the new Judi Curtin each year! She has collected all of her books and even has the Judi Curtin pencils and tote bags, which she keeps in mint condition. She reads the Eva series and the Alice and Megan series on a loop! You can't go wrong with any of these * Good Luck with the Book * Super stocking filler * RTE Guide * Judi Curtin, whose Alice and Megan, Eva, and Friends Forever series have made her a firm favourite with readers aged seven-plus, has just released the second of her Lissadell books. Lily Steps Up continues the intriguing story of the fictional housemaid at Sligo's Lissadell House, who befriends the real Maeve Markievicz. Set in 1914, against a backdrop of huge social change in Ireland in which Maeve's mother Constance was actively involved, the story revolves around Lily's attempts to help her friend, fellow serving girl Nellie, who appears to be alone in the world ... Tales of female friendship being something of a speciality for Cork native Curtin, this historical setting, giving an insight into social-class division, makes the Lissadell series among her most accomplished yet * Evening Echo * Gives a valuable insight into the lives in the Big House as well as the gap between the upstairs and downstairs. Well drawn characters and a tale with a twist in the tail * Irish Examiner * Judi Curtin fans have a treat in store with the much-anticipated sequel to last year's Lily A t Lissadell arriving in time for Christmas. Lily Steps Up returns to the Downton esque 'big house' of the Booths in Lissadell, Co Sligo. Fact meets fiction as serving girl Lily and Maeve, daughter o

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