Four Meals For Fourpence, 9781844087273
Paperback
East End girlhood: poverty, fear, and hope in old London.

Four Meals For Fourpence

a heartwarming tale of family life in london's old east end

$39.74

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    27 June 2011

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Summary

Four Meals for Fourpence: A Childhood in London’s East End

I was born in a tenement flat in the East End of London in the year in which Queen Victoria died.’

FOUR MEALS FOR FOURPENCE is Grace Foakes’s memories of her girlhood in Wapping in the early 1900s. With a child’s uncluttered eye, she describes the small details - shopping in the market, men waiting for work at the dock gates, the rituals of washday, the sights, sounds and smells of the old East End of London. She als…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781844087273
ISBN-10:1844087271
Author:Grace Foakes
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:27 June 2011
Weight:232g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

“Mrs Foakes manages to convey a remarkable joy in just being alive.”

”“Extraordinary warmth and hope comes through her narrative.” “Evening Standard””“Mrs Foakes manages to convey a remarkable joy in just being alive.” “Observer”

About The Author

Grace Foakes

Grace Foakes was born in Wapping in 1901.

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