Pure As The Lily

Mary Walton is the apple of her father''s eye; his only comfort during the dark years of the Depression when he is faced with both unemployment and a nagging, ambitious wife.

His only hope is that Mary will one day find a way to escape the grinding poverty of the Tyneside slums. But when a secret is revealed these dreams are shattered and the lives of the Walton family change forever. . .

Spanning Mary''s life from the 1930''s to the 1970''s, Pure as the Lily is a spellbinding, unforgettable tale from one of Britain''s most cherished novelists.