A Child of the East End: The heartwarming and gripping memoir from the queen of saga fiction

Author: Jean Fullerton

Number of Pages: 336

One of my first East London memories is lying in bed, listening to the low boom of thebarges as they nudged each other on the Thames, just half a mile away from ourestate . . . Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government’s broken promiseshad led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But onething prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulledthrough the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, aswell as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depictsthis fascinating part of London – from tin baths, to jellied eels, to tigers in a Wappingwarehouse. ***Includes a bonus 8-page photo plate section!*** A Child of the East End is an eye-opening, heartfelt and atmospheric portrait of life inthe East End after the war from ‘the queen of saga fiction’, perfect for fans of My EastEnd by Gilda O’Neill and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth.