The Street

· HarperCollins UK
4.6
80 reviews
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384
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‘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.

Alice’s 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.

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4.6
80 reviews
pauline ridley
July 8, 2015
An enjoyable read, quite relaxing, did find the end chapters raced through Alice's life after having had her younger years told so well and keeping you wanting more, still a good start that makes you want to read the rest of the set.Looking forward to it
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susan smith
May 10, 2015
Great fiction set around the First World war, brilliantly written with believable characters you feel a connection to.
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Pauline Clint
March 14, 2015
Enjoyed, couldn't put it down 'till I had read it all
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About the author

Kay Brellend, the third of six children, was born in North London but now lives in a Victorian farmhouse in Suffolk. Under a pseudonym she has written sixteen historical novels published in England and North America. This is her first novel set in the twentieth century and was inspired by her grandmother's reminiscences about her early life in Campbell Road, Islington.

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