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A granddaughter's search for her nanna's secret past - a story of love and loss, poverty and survival.

About the Author

Helen Batten is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sisters of the East End. She studied history at Cambridge and then journalism at Cardiff University. She went on to become a producer and director at the BBC and now works as a writer and a psychotherapist. She lives in West London with her three daughters.

Reviews

Fascinating ... a moving account of survival * Yours *
Fascinating ... a moving account of survival * Yours *
This fascinating delve into family history reveals the ways in which women's lives have - and haven't - changed * Readers Digest *