Ebook: East End Memories

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by William Woodruff; Introduction; 1. As It Was and Never Shall Be; 2. My Mother; 3. A New Life; 4. Battle Lines; 5. Diy; 6. A Brush with Crime; 7. Crisis; 8. Hospitals; 9. In the Care of my Father; 10. Sister Hedwig; 11. First Communion; 12. When Soft Voices Die . . .; 13. The Mysterious Lodger; 14. The Street; 15. Last Days; 16. Notre Dame; 17. World of Work; 18. Pivotal Case; 19. Future Imperfect; 20. Aspirations; 21. Realisation; 22. Per Ardua; 23. Ad Astra; 24. Borderline; 25. Panic Stations; 26. All Change.;This vivid account of growing up is told with passion and humour - even though her drunken father struggles from crisis to crisis, and illness and crime are part of everyday life.