Book description
The story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in
the small town of Otwell. Father is a dustman and Mother a washerwoman.
Then there's all the children - practical Lily Rose, clever Kate,
mischievous twins James and John, followed by Jo, who loves films,
little Peg and finally baby William. A truly classic book awarded the
Carnegie Medal as the best children's book of 1937. Eve Garnett was
born in 1900 in Worcestershire, and studied art at Chelsea Polytechnic
and the Royal Academy School of Art. Whilst a student, she sketched the
people of the East End slums and was haunted by the poverty she had
witnessed, resolving to do something to bring the plight of the
working-class family to people's attention. The Family from One End
Street was originally published by Frederick Muller in 1937, followed by
The Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street in 1956, and
Holiday at Dew Drop Inn in 1962. She died in 1991.
