The Empire girls
Wilsher, Sue2018
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Tilbury, 1950s. The Empire is a boarding house run by Vi, Doris's mother. When Doris becomes pregnant out of marriage, she is kicked out of the house and forced to fend for herself. Desperate to look after her daughter, she takes any job going. She falls in with the Windrush immigrants and finds herself helping one to a new life in Britain.
Main title:
The Empire girls / Sue Wilsher.
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Imprint:
London : Sphere, 2018.
Collation:
375 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.
ISBN:
9780751564631 (pbk)075156463X (pbk)
LC class:
PR6123
Language:
English
BRN:
321228