Set in London in the depressed years immediately following World War I, NIPPY is the story of two best friends, Becky and Eleanor. Becky has a loving family but Ella's father died in the war leaving his family in poverty. Ella is tough and able to take life in the laundry where the two girls begin work aged 14, but Becky soon realises it's not the life for her and begins work at a Lyons Corner House, soon moving up to become a waitress or Nippy. During the heady years of the 1920s the girls remain friends, indulging in the scandalous fashions and the `immoral' Charleston, until Ella's mother dies and loneliness propels her into marriage with a sensible man, ten years her senior. Becky, despite her many admirers, is in no hurry to marry and instead is determined to have her own business as well as a man she really loves...
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Hardback Editions
May 1998 : Board book
| Title: Nippy (Windsor Selections S.) Author(s): Elizabeth Waite ISBN: 0-7540-1258-1 / 978-0-7540-1258-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers P. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 1997 : Hardback
| Title: Nippy Author(s): Elizabeth Waite ISBN: 0-316-64073-5 / 978-0-316-64073-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Nippy (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) Author(s): Elizabeth Waite ISBN: 0-7540-2189-0 / 978-0-7540-2189-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers P. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1998 : Paperback
| Title: Nippy Author(s): Elizabeth Waite ISBN: 0-7515-2047-0 / 978-0-7515-2047-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
February 1999 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Nippy: Unabridged Author(s): Elizabeth Waite ISBN: 1-86042-540-2 / 9781860425400 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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