Room for a Lodger
A captivating romantic saga set in 1970s East End
$38.79
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2016
Summary
‘She brings the East End to life’ Barbara Windsor
It is 1970 when 20-year-old Cathy falls in love with Johnny Dean, and becomes pregnant. A young docker, Johnny offers to marry Cathy - but what she doesn’t know is that his gambling has got out of hand. He owes favours to the wrong sort and to clear his debt gets involved in a serious theft at the docks…
Though Cathy is supported financially by Johnny’s family, looking after a baby as a single mother isn’t easy, and she’s begin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473653825 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473653827 |
| Author: | Sally Worboyes |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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A rich, vivid, three-dimensional and gutsy narrative_ Eastern Daily Press
Unbridled passions run riot - Daily Mail on Wild Hops
Sizzles with passion - GuardianA rich, vivid, three-dimensional and gutsy narrative - Eastern Daily PressAn excellent book combining humour and passion - Telegraph and ArgusAbout The Author
Sally Worboyes
Sally Worboyes was born and grew up in Stepney with four brothers and a sister, and she brings some of the raw history of her own family background to her East End sagas. She now lives in Norfolk with her husband, with whom she has three grown-up children. She has written several plays which have been broadcast on Radio Four. She also adapted her own play and novel, Wild Hops, as a musical, The Hop Pickers.
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