Jam and Roses
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
In 1920s London, three sisters struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from the violence of their father.
Mary Gibson Livres
Les romans de Mary Gibson explorent la vie et les expériences de gens ordinaires, avec un accent particulier sur les femmes, du quartier ouvrier de Bermondsey à Londres. Ses histoires sont riches en nostalgie, en souvenirs et en la force durable des liens familiaux. Gibson crée ses récits avec un œil attentif aux détails authentiques, recréant avec vivacité l'atmosphère et le tissu social des époques passées, notamment le Bermondsey de la Première Guerre mondiale. Sa prose accessible et émouvante invite les lecteurs à se connecter profondément avec ses personnages et leurs parcours de vie captivants.
Custard tarts and broken hearts
- 406pages
- 15 heures de lecture
They call them custard tarts—the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate struggle to make ends meet, often going hungry to feed her little brothers. Two men vie for Nellie's love. One is flamboyant, confident, and a chancer. The other is steady, truthful, and loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem. Looming over them all—over Bermondsey, over the factory, over the custard tarts and their lives and loves—is the shadow of World War I. And that will change everything and everyone.
Gunner Girls And Fighter Boys
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Bermondsey 1939 - in the middle of the Blitz. With her home in ruins, May joins the ATS and becomes a gunner girl. Here she finds dangerous work, new friends and rivals - and painful choices in love.
The Bermondsey Bookshop
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
The inspiring story of one girl's struggle against poverty, hunger and family cruelty, set in 1920s London.
Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Following the Wall Street Crash, Matty Gilbie flees home from New York to Bermondsey, her acting dreams in tatters and her life in danger from the mob.