by SallyWorboyes (Author)
In the late summer of 1952, amidst the turmoil of people moving en masse out of Cotton Street to pastures new, Edie Birch and her only child Maggie must say a sad farewell to old friends and neighbours. Edie loves her modern flat on the innovative East End council estate but making a new start is daunting. But she needn't have worried - helped along by the enthusiasm of her flamboyant Aunt Naomi, new friendships are forged and a brighter life begins. Edie even meets a new man. Outside of her happy orbit, however, a dark secret threatens to destroy her world. Aunt Naomi and her not-so-law-abiding friends must join forces to shield Edie. But can they stop the cruel hand of fate from delivering a blow which - at the very least - would expose the shameful truth?
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 10 Nov 2003
ISBN 10: 0340734957
ISBN 13: 9780340734957
Book Overview: Sally Worboyes has written plays for BBC Radio 4, and adapted her own play Wild Hops , as a musical, The Hop-Pickers . Her books include The Dinner Lady , Keep on Dancing , Red Sequins , The Midwife , At the Mile End Gate , Docker's Daughter , Wild Hops , Over Bethnal Green , Down Stepney Way , Banished from Bow and Whitechapel Mary .