'We Ain't Got No Drink, Pa'
A Little Girl's Struggle to Survive in the Slums of 1920s South East London
$43.92
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2015
Summary
‘We ain’t got no drink, Pa.’ I trembled as I spoke. Then somewhere inside me I found the anger, the courage to answer him back. ‘We don’t have no grog cos you drank it all!’ I knew he was going for me tonight, so I reckoned I might as well go down fighting after all.
Growing up in the slums of 1920s and 30s Bermondsey, Hilda Kemp’s childhood was one of chaos and fear. Every day was battleground, a fight to survive and a fight to be safe.
For Hilda knew what it was to grow up i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409158400 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409158403 |
| Author: | Hilda Kemp, Cathryn Kemp |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 167mm x 200mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Hilda Kemp
Cathryn Kemp is an award-winning journalist and author living in East Sussex. She has written across the spectrum of the British press, both tabloid and broadsheet, and online, and for many magazines. In 2002 she won the PETER WILSON AWARD FOR JOURNALISM before running her own highly successful press agency writing for radio and television. She is the author of PAINKILLER ADDICT, published by Piatkus in 2012, which won the BIG RED READ PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION in 2013. This is a personal and lovingly crafted account of her grandmother’s life and her legacy.
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