Ironmonger's Daughter

(, New edition)

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20/20 Edition - Headline 20th Anniversary Edition

The classic novel from the much-loved King of Cockney sagas

Ironmonger Street in 1920 is one of the most unsightly turnings in Bermondsey, its residents hardened to the grim poverty of their lives. In Jubilee Dwellings, two sisters give birth to daughters: one illegitimate, the other disabled. Connie and Molly grow up together, playing in the gutters. Life may be hard but they wouldnt be parted for the world. Until Connie gets a job at the metal factory and meets the handsome Robert Armitage

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'Poignant, nostalgic - but not romanticised - stories of good-hearted ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances' -- Independent

Author Bio

Harry Bowling was the much-loved author of eighteen novels.Harry very sadly died in February 1999. Headline worked with him for over ten years, ever since the publication of his first novel, and we miss him enormously, as do his many fans around the world. The Harry Bowling Prize is aimed at encouraging new, unpublished fiction and is sponsored by Headline.