Book description
Growing up just around the corner from Islington's Chapel Market, the
second of six children born in the tiny flat above Mr Popov's piano
factory, red-headed, big-hearted Rose Humble is used to holding her own
in the world. When there's a family problem - her father's arrest for
thieving, her mother losing her job at the London Transport Staff
Canteen - it is Rose who somehow manages to bring the Humbles through
the crisis, But as she grows older and war starts to cast its shadow
over all their lives, Rose realises there are some problems a quick wit
and a ready tongue cannot solve. And she also comes to see that there
are people who are not all they seem... Victor Pemberton is a
successful radio playwright and TV producer, and has worked with some of
the great names of entertainment, including Benny Hill and Dodie Smith,
had a longstanding correspondence with Stan Laurel and scripted and
produced many of the BBC`s `Dr Who` series. In recent years he has
worked as a producer for Jim Henson, and set up his own production
company, whose first TV documentary won an Emmy Award.
