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- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
The inspiring story of one girl's struggle against poverty, hunger and family cruelty, set in 1920s London.
Mary Gibson Ordine dei libri
I romanzi di Mary Gibson esplorano le vite e le esperienze di persone comuni, con un focus particolare sulle donne, nel quartiere operaio di Bermondsey, Londra. Le sue storie sono ricche di nostalgia, ricordi e della forza duratura dei legami familiari. Gibson crea le sue narrazioni con un occhio attento ai dettagli autentici, ricreando vividamente l'atmosfera e il tessuto sociale di epoche passate, in particolare del Bermondsey durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale. La sua prosa accessibile e toccante invita i lettori a connettersi profondamente con i suoi personaggi e i loro avvincenti percorsi di vita.
- 2020
- 2017
Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams
- 464pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
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.
- 2016
Gunner Girls And Fighter Boys
- 464pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
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.
- 2015
Jam and Roses
- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
In 1920s London, three sisters struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from the violence of their father.
- 2013
Custard tarts and broken hearts
- 406pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
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.
