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1474611451 
Hardback Motherwell : a girlhood / Deborah Orr.
Publication year: 2020
Media class: Hardback
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781474611459 (hbk.) :
Available: 17
Number of reservations: 25
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Just shy of 18, Deborah Orr left Motherwell - the town she both loved and hated - to go to university. It was a decision her mother railed against from the moment the idea was raised. Win had very little agency in the world, every choice was determined by the men in her life. And strangely, she wanted the same for her daughter. Attending university wasn't for the likes of the Orr family. Worse still, it would mean leaving Win behind - and Win wanted Deborah with her at all times, rather like she wanted her arm with her at all times. But while she managed to escape, Deborah's severing from her family was only superficial. She continued to travel back to Motherwell, fantasising about the day that Win might come to accept her as good enough. Though of course it was never meant to be.
Orr, Deborah, 1962-2019.
Women journalists Scotland Biography.
Journalists Scotland Biography.
Mothers and daughters Scotland Motherwell.
Motherwell (Scotland) Social conditions 20th century.
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147461146X 
Paperback 
Year: 2021.
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
Resource type: Physical
294 pages ; 20 cm
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