Tooth and Nail: The Story of a Daughter of the Depression

Penguin Books, Auckland, 1989 reprint. Reasonable used condition, some fading to cover and general wear to spine. Foxing.

This is the true and powerful story of young Mary Findlay during the bitter days of the Depression. Cast adrift after her mother's death and harassed by her drunkard father, she is forced to fight tooth and nail for food and a job and a place to live.