The Songbird
- ISBN-10
- 1446436357
- ISBN-13
- 9781446436356
- Series
- The Songbird
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-30
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Val Wood
Description
The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love. Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition - to go on the stage and see her name top of the bill. She becomes a music hall star both in her native town and in the south, after an appearance in the theatre at Brighton - she even performs in Paris, to tremendous acclaim. But when her first love, an ambitious shoemaker in her home town, becomes engaged to someone else Poppy is devastated. She disappears, believing that she will never return to her life of stardom. But her fame cannot be kep a secret...
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The Songbird
By Valerie WoodPoppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, with fiery red hair, a lovely singing voice and Italian ancestry, has always wanted to go on the stage and see her name at the top of the bill.