Docker's Daughter
An authentic and moving romantic saga set against the backdrop of the docks, streets, markets and pubs of Whitechapel
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2017
Hodder Paperback (Verlag)
978-1-4736-5954-4 (ISBN)
Hodder Paperback (Verlag)
978-1-4736-5954-4 (ISBN)
An authentic and moving romantic saga set against the backdrop of the docks, streets, markets and pubs of Whitechapel, from the author of Wild Hops and The Dinner Lady.
Young Kay Armstrong wants to break away from her tough East End background, where her friends are turning to crime. A job in the City seems like the perfect answer - but when she plans a holiday to Spain that involves forging her passport, she takes a step too far...
Meanwhile her dad, Jack, is spearheading the great dock strike. He and his wife Laura worry about their headstrong daughter, especially the new set of friends introducing her to fashionable restaurants and the pleasures of drinking.
And when Zacchi, the handsome gypsy boyfriend of her past reappears, Kay has some hard choices to make...
Young Kay Armstrong wants to break away from her tough East End background, where her friends are turning to crime. A job in the City seems like the perfect answer - but when she plans a holiday to Spain that involves forging her passport, she takes a step too far...
Meanwhile her dad, Jack, is spearheading the great dock strike. He and his wife Laura worry about their headstrong daughter, especially the new set of friends introducing her to fashionable restaurants and the pleasures of drinking.
And when Zacchi, the handsome gypsy boyfriend of her past reappears, Kay has some hard choices to make...
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 Anglia Television and Radio Four. She also adapted her own play and novel, WILD HOPS, as a musical, The Hop Pickers.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2017 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4736-5954-X / 147365954X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4736-5954-4 / 9781473659544 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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