![]() However, although Opal finds the factory work tedious and her fellow workers to be uncouth bullies, she soon meets the factory owner Mrs Roberts who Opal idolises. When suddenly Ernest is a accused and sent to prison for embezzlement, Opal’s dreams of going to university are shattered and she is forced to work at the Fairy Glen Sweet Factory in order to support her family financially. Like most married woman of that era, Opal’s mother is a housewife. Opal’s father, Ernest, works for a firm in London but has always tried writing novels which all so far have been turned down. Visually, Opal is very plain and is jealous of her sister Cassie’s curvy figure and her ability to attract attention from any man who passes (although Opal herself has vowed to never marry any man and believes romantic love to be fictitious). ![]() Set in pre-war Edwardian times, this book is about a proud, fiercely intelligent 14-year-old scholarship girl named Opal Plumstead. Generally, Wilson’s books are aimed at a younger demographic than myself so with this book, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it genuinely entertained me. ![]() Jaqueline Wilson’s Opal Plumstead is her latest work to date and I have to say that I was impressed. ![]()
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