A vivid portrayal of the life of the thousands of East Londoners who worked in the hopfields of Kent during the 1940s.
Gilda O'Neill was born and brought up in the East End and continued to live and write there with her husband and family. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She is the author of eleven novels. She has also had six non-fiction books published including the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestsellers, My East End- A History of Cockney London and Our Street- The East End at War. Sadly she died on 24 September 2010 after a short illness.
"Funny, nostalgic and ironic" Daily Express "A vivid, honest and enchanting evocation" Daily Mail "A charmer" Evening Standard "The stories are atmospheric, but it is O'Neill's open-minded examination of her own position in relation to the women, the history and the writing that makes this book a work of art" What's On In London "Gilda O'Neill has brought to life a time when women relished simple pleasures and the close friendships formed while working alongside one another each summer" Sunday Express
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