Book description
In the East End, twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a
father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then and
there to change her life.
This is the story of three beautiful and talented women. Mabel,
whose great love for a gambling man has brought her close to insanity;
gentle Amy, who marries a man brutalised by war and failure; and Tara,
who is hungry for success and life on her own terms.
To have both, she must battle against the legacy these two women
have left her, the deep prejudices and dangers of Whitechapel in the
1960s - with its gang leaders, rogues, market traders and dolly birds
- and the passionate love she has had since girlhood for the charming
wideboy and villain, Harry Collins.
Lesley Pearse was born in Rochester, Kent, but has lived in the West
Country for over thirty years. She has three daughters and two
grandsons. She is the author of twenty novels and now writes full-time.
