Ten Bells Street - Couverture rigide

Collins, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 034941615X ISBN 13 : 9780349416151

Editeur : Piatkus, 2018

Synopsis

A heartwarming story of survival and friendship, from an essential new voice in the genre

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Collins was born and brought up in the East End of London where her family have lived for generations. A psychology graduate, Mary worked in a psychiatric hospital and in the community until she became a full time writer in 2006. She also writes crime fiction novels under the name Barbara Nadel.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Like the fog that came off the Thames in thin grey rolls, thick yellow sheets and wisps of white like ghosts, Spitalfields was about layers. Layers of people and layers of time. Just beyond the walls of the ancient City of London, the area had been home to outsiders for centuries.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

The East End of London, 1930. Work is scarce, food is in short supply and there is political unrest on the streets. But in the face of all this hardship, there's always friendship.

Becky, Bernie and Rose - three best friends from very different backgrounds - are working hard to establish themselves in pre-war Spitalfields. Becky, the daughter of a Jewish tailor, wants to become a nurse, but her father has more traditional plans for her. Aching to leave the East End and travel the world, Bernie feels trapped by her vast family of poor Irish dock workers. And then there is Rose. Tiny and thin, she lives with her drunken mother and a revolving selection of surrogate fathers who exploit and brutalise them both.

But at least the girls have each other and, as Europe begins to drift towards another war, their friendships become ever more crucial as each one of them fights for their place in an ever-changing, frightening, new world. One way or another, love will pull them through . . .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Piatkus
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 034941615X
• ISBN 13: 9780349416151
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible