Thompson, Kate

During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them. Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & Ma...

In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past. And for the women, their battles are on the home front. Flossy is embraced by the colourful mix of characters working at Trout's, who have turned their sewing expertise to war work. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East En...

Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of WWII. She is quickly embraced by the colourful mix of characters working there and they fast become the family that she has always longed for. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End, and infamous te...

A heartwarming and moving novel about the brave, hardworking women who kept the homefires burning in the East End of London during World War Two.

If a wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life, then the story starts with the dress. It's 1936 and the streets of London's East End are grimy and brutal, but in one corner of Bethnal Green it is forever Hollywood. Herbie Taylor's photography studio is nestled in the heart of bustling ...

If a wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life, then the story starts with the dress. It's 1936 and the streets of London's East End are grimy and brutal, but in one corner of Bethnal Green it is forever Hollywood. Herbie Taylor's photography studio is nestled in the heart of bustling ...

The East End streets are grimy and brutal, but in one corner of Bethnal Green it's forever Hollywood. Stella and Winnie work in Herbie's studio; their best friend Kitty works next door as an apprentice dressmaker. All life passes through the studio, wishing to capture that perfect moment in time....

With her fifteenth birthday imminent, Tess is running out of time. The precious time to decide who - or what - she will choose to be when she makes the final switch of her life. Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 1999.

Follows Iggy the Yeti and his friends as they embark on a journey to prove their existence after hearing the news that “Yetis don’t exist!” The news swirled over mountains, skipped through lakes and out to sea. Until who should hear it? Iggy the YETI and all his YETI friends. And they were a litt...