East End Angel, Kay Brellend
East End Angel, Kay Brellend
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East End Angel

Author: Kay Brellend

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/20/2014

Synopsis

Two sisters living in London’s tough East End … will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive? Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, dedicating her life to helping others – and Jennifer is a prostitute. Leaving home age 15, Jennifer must learn to live on her wits in London’s notorious East End. Soon, however, she is battling drink and drugs, and is pregnant with a child. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save the day. Kathy continues to tend to the poor of the East End and help her sister – and she of all people knows that the society that Jennifer keeps is damaging her. Despite her best intentions, however, she begins to fall for an East End wide boy. She knows that he is no good, but her heart will not listen to her head – and what’s more, he has promised to change for her …

About Kay Brellend

Kay Brellend was born in north London and her first saga, based in the early twentieth century slums of Islington, was published in 2011. The opening novel in the Bittersweet Legacy trilogy came out in 2017. Published by Piatkus, this series was set in a London sweet factory and on the Somme battlefields.Kay's Workhouse to War trilogy was also set during the Great War, beginning in the Whitechapel Union Workhouse and moving to the bustling markets of East London, between 1914 and 1918. Now she's beginning a new trilogy with A Daughter's Heartbreak, inspired by true wartime events in the Silvertown area of East London. Kay writes with all the heart, grit and personal connection that distinguishes her as one of the most exciting voices in the saga genre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mckailer

I absolutely loved this book, couldn't put it down, and I only wish there was more of it. All in all it is a very interesting book, that had a few hardships in it. But I would recommend that you read 'The Campbell Road girls' before reading this book because then you will get a better sense and unde......more

Goodreads review by Diane

Followed on with this book after reading The Campbell Road Girls and I'm so glad I did. Some of the characters from that book carry on in this book having moved on to 1936. It tells of family friends and neighbours pulling together through the times. If you like sagas these books are definitely wort......more

Goodreads review by Kazimiera

This was a book that I really enjoyed reading , it is another book in the Cambell Road series which I am am reall enjoying to read at the moment. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading historical fiction.......more

Goodreads review by Dawn

This book reminds me of Call The Midwife except it focussed on the life of just one nurse in the East end of London and all the characters and rogues that you can normally see there. I would describe it as a narrative of East End life with all it's twists and turns.......more

Goodreads review by Vicky

As a fan of Call the Midwife I wasn't disappointed. Quite similar if not a bit grittier. Would recommend if you like stories of the East end in the past.......more

Quotes

Praise for Kay Brellend from five-star reviews onAmazon.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 read…having 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 can’t 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

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