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The Sparrows of Edward Street by Elizabeth Stead

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May 2011, no. 331

The Sparrows of Edward Street by Elizabeth Stead

The Sparrows of Edward Street by Elizabeth Stead

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May 2011, no. 331

Elizabeth Stead’s fifth novel is set in 1948, when newly independent women, who kept the wheels of industry turning during World War II, were resuming full-time household duties. Stead, who married a naval officer in the 1950s, would have seen this domestic dynamic played out around her. The Sparrows of Edward Street tells the story of a family – a widow and her two teenage daughters – who set out, under the leadership of the elder daughter, Aria, to take charge of their world and set it to rights.

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