The Reinvention of Ivy Brown: A Novel

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'What a fabulous book! Find a cosy place and settle in for a great read.' Imelda StauntonIt is February 1963, and London is enduring the coldest winter anyone can remember. Ivy Brown, typist at the Wiseman Pulverizer Company, is about to turn thirty. As she sits, staring at the back of the typist in front of her and trying to avoid thinking about her impending birthday, two things lift her from her gloom: her brand new Beaver Lamb coat and thoughts of Arthur . . . Arthur is the man on whom Ivy has pinned all her hopes. 'We are our own secret' Arthur says, and Ivy loves to repeat it. But when Ivy discovers that Arthur is a man who has many secrets, her determination to uncover the truth comes to spell disaster for all those in her way.'An atmospheric novel, filled with foreboding, and which successfully nets the claustrophobic, dowdy, skint, kitchen sink side of the Sixties.'Wendy Holden, Daily Mail'An ambitious, bold novel which paints an intriguing picture of London on the cusp of tremendous change . . . All the twists and turns of a corkscrew.' Lee Randall, Scotsman

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"'A lovely book... [Roberta Taylor] is such a good writer... so original and different from other people, so outspoken and yet so warm.' Jilly Cooper * 'What a fabulous book! The early sixties period is wonderfully evoked, while the atmosphere of foreboding makes it a gripping page turner. Find a cosy place and settle in for a great read.' Imelda Staunton"

Author Bio

Roberta Taylor is one of Britain's most respected actresses. In 1997 she became a household name when she played Irene Raymond in the BBC soap Eastenders and until recently starred as Gina Gold in ITV's The Bill. She lives in London.