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THE LOOM This story is fiction, but like most fiction is based on fact. It is the story of Leah Hammond and her life in England in the early nineteen hundreds. Leah is born in Lancashire and begins her early life as a mill worker at the age of twelve. In essence, however, the story is a romantic saga, but also of the very real life dramas of Leah as a child, then adolescent and finally young woman; and how she tries to escape the confines of the narrow, regulated and often poverty stricken life into which she is born. The era in which this story takes place is an increasingly turbulent one, encompassing World War One, social reforms; the rise of radical movements, the emancipation of women; and how Leah copes with this world of change and the trials and tribulations of a woman of these times.About the AuthorSandra van Arend was born in Great Harwood, Lancashire. She migrated from England to Australia at the age of ten and was educated in Adelaide. She has spent much of her life as a teacher and completed her Masters Degree in Creative Writing in 2000. She has since written four novels and a biography. The Loom is her first novel.Pages of The Loom :
