Secrets of the heart
By: Gilda O'Neill
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: East End series -- 02
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408414934; 9781408414941
Subjects: Social aspects; Fiction; Interracial dating; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; World War, 1939-1945; Social conditions
Description: Britain is at war and the proximity of the docks means that life in and around London's Turnbury Buildings is hard and dangerous. Chances are taken, people have secrets, hearts are broken. And feelings about foreigners are running high. Sixteen-year-old Freddie Jarrett is secretly seeing a girl from the local Chinese community. And his sister Grace has her own secret to hide. A secret that no one outside the immediate family must ever know. As the threat of the Luftwaffe looms over the docks, the community is threatened with being torn apart by prejudice, fear and separation, and the disturbing loss of stability that brings with it the feeling that it is only what happens today that counts for anything ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Arrow, 2008.