The Scarlet Sisters: My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames

✍ Scribed by Batten, Helen

• Book ID: 108882514
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

'Oh my goodness - another girl Mrs Swain!'

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Clara's normal iron composure broke and she screamed, 'No! That's not the bloody deal!'_

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_And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.

When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family's past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna's early life.

What she unearths is a tale of five feisty red heads struggling to climb out of poverty and find love through two world wars. It's a story full of surprises and scandal - a death in a workhouse, a son kept in a box, a shameful war record, a clandestine marriage and children taken far too soon. It's as if there is a family curse.

But Helen also finds love, resilience and hope - crazy wagers, late night Charlestons and stolen kisses. As she unravels the story of...