Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London's East End

✍ Scribed by Connelly, Charlie

• Book ID: 108939638
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: en-GB
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780007528455

✦ Synopsis

One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women.

''Ang on boy, Joan's got sumfink to show yer.' She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me.

'Constance Street,' she said. 'As I remember it.'

Through the story of one street -- Constance Street -- we hear the true life tales of a tight knit group of working class women in the East End of London set against a backdrop of war, hardship and struggle.

It's a story of matriarchy and deep family ties, of a generation that was scattered away from the street during the blitz bombings, but which maintained the ties of that street for decades afterwards.

Set in an area of East London called Silvertown, a once thriving docking community that at the turn of the 20th century was the industrial heartland of the south of England; the story focuses on the lives of 12 incredible women and their struggle to survive amidst...