Custard tarts and broken hearts
By: by Mary Gibson
Edition: [Large print edition].
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780750539654
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction; Social aspects
Description: They call them custard tarts - the girls who work at Pearce Duff's custard powder factory in Bermondsey before the First World War. Conditions are hard but nothing can quench the spirit of humour and friendship - or the rising tide of anger that will finally bring the girls out on strike. For one of them, striking spells disaster. Nellie Clark's wages keep her young brothers and sisters from starvation, while her father sinks into drunken violence after the death of their mother. While Nellie struggles to keep her family together, two men compete for her love, and over them looms the shadow of the coming war.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Head of Zeus.