Jam & roses
By: by Mary Gibson
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Long Preston, North Yorkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9780750540377
Subjects: Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Sisters - Fiction; Family violence - Fiction; Large type books; Bermondsey (London, England) - Social conditions - 20th century - Fiction; Dysfunctional families - Fiction
Other titles: Jam and roses
Description: Three sisters are growing up in 1920s Bermondsey - the larder of London - with its bustling docks, its spice mill, tannery and factories. Southwells jam factory is where many of the girls work. And Milly Colman knows she's lucky. At Southwells she can have a laugh with her mates. She's quick and strong and never misses a day's work. She needs to be. Because at homes things are very different. The Colman household is ruled by the tyrannical rages of the old man - her father. Often Milly feels she is the only thing protecting her mother and younger sisters from his murderous violence. At least autumn hop-picking in Kent gives all the Colman women a heavenly respite. But it is here, on one golden September night, that Milly makes the mistake of her life and finds her courage and strength tested as never before.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London: Head of Zeus, 2015.