The Street
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Street
By (Author) Kay Brellend
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
19th April 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
384
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
270g
Description
'Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.
Life was tough but so were they
Alice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings.
Alices father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family. But his hopes for a better life are dashed each time he returns home to find the money-jar raided and his feisty wife Tilly collapsed drunk in the corner.
In the room below, Alice's downtrodden Aunt Fran spends most of her days nursing the injuries inflicted on her by her cruel husband Jimmy but this time he's pushed the family too far and they're not going to let him get away with it.
Revenge is going to be sweet.
Reviews
Praise for Kay Brellend from five-star reviews on
Amazon.co.uk:
Brilliant read! Really takes you through a journey of hardship love hate etc. Was gripped from beginning to end!!!
By Woo
This book was excellent, I didn't want it to end. Reading it made me feel like I was living in the era the book was set in.
By Amanda Bicknell
What a wonderful readhaving been born near this area l could see the places and people as described, could not wait to read a few more chapters each night but was so sad when l finished it.
By LondonSue
loved this book the sort you pickup and cant put back down, the setting and characters really come to life, it's as if you can see it and breath it. Wonderful.
By K
Author Bio
Kay Brellend, the third of six children, was born in North London but now lives in Hertfordshire. Under a pseudonym she has written sixteen historical novels published in England and North America. The Campbell Road novels are inspired by her grandmothers reminiscences about her early life growing up in Islington.
