Cockney Waif/Cockney Family

Cockney Waif/Cockney Family

by ElizabethWaite (Author)

Synopsis

COCKNEY WAIF: London, 1918. Patsy Kent is only thirteen years old when her mother dies and leaves her an orphan. As she becomes a young woman, Patsy discovers all too soon the pain of first love, when cruel Johnny Jackson casts their marriage thoughtlessly aside. Only the support of her friends can raise her characteristic cockney spirit, and fortune smiles on Patsy when a real, deep love grows between her and Eddie Owen. But the pointed fingers of the gossips and the shame of living in adultery may prove too high a price for Patsy to pay, and it seems her only hope for happiness is to leave London and everyone she has come to call her family. COCKNEY DIAMOND: London 1964. It is a long time since the death of Patsy Kent's mother left her orphaned and facing eviction from her Tooting home. Local Londoners took this cockney waif in as one of their own. Now, as a mother, grandmother and even great-grandmother, Patsy is discovering that it is her family who gives her most pleasure, but also the most pain. Her daughter's marriage to doctor Robert Dellor was to prove Patsy's instincts horribly right and Patsy's younger son's wife Valerie seems determined to break his heart. However, it is the next generation that is to give Patsy the most cause for concern ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 816
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 06 May 2010

ISBN 10: 0751544760
ISBN 13: 9780751544763
Book Overview: Set in the 1960s, COCKNEY WAIF AND COCKNEY DIAMOND follow the lives and loves of Patsy, her children and grandchildren ...

Author Bio
Elizabeth Waite was born in Tooting, South London and lived there until she was 34. During the war she worked as a bus conductress at Merton Garage and in 1956 she and her husband moved to Devon and bought their first guesthouse. She started writing when she retired.