Our Polly
Our Polly by Anna Jacobs, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2001, is a novel that explores the challenges faced by a mother, Polly, as she navigates a difficult life with her son, Billy. At 501 pages, this New Ed edition delves into Polly’s struggles with an unkind mother-in-law and the isolation of farm life. After a tragic accident leaves Billy severely injured and his father dead, Polly finds herself fighting against the odds, including the malicious intentions of Dr. Browning-Baker, who seeks to take her son away.
Readers will find a poignant narrative that follows Polly and Billy as they flee to the Fylde coast in search of a better future. The story introduces another family, including an ex-Army captain and his daughter, both grappling with their own pasts. The themes of familial bonds and resilience are woven throughout, as Polly strives to protect her son and build a new life amidst the threats to their happiness. This edition is presented in English and offers a deep dive into the complexities of love and survival in the face of adversity.
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Little Billy is the light of Polly’s life – it’s for her son’s sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and an isolated farm. Then Billy is knocked down by a car, his father killed attempting to save his life, and Polly, cast off by her husband’s family, is left with a child who may never walk or talk again. Polly’s own family, the Kershaws, provide all the support they can, but they are unable to outmanoeuvre the malicious Dr Browning-Baker , who is determined to have Billy taken away from his mother, depriving him of the exercises and stimulation that are his only hope. Forced to flee to the Fylde coast, Polly and Billy find that their future may lie with another damaged family – an ex-Army captain whose First World War marriage was a terrible mistake, and his daughter, who has never recovered from the hostility of the mother she loves. But danger threatens their fragile happiness…
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