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Informationen zum Autor Gilda O'Neill was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She wrote full-time and continued to live in the East End with her husband and family. Sadly she died on 24 September 2010 after a short illness. Klappentext All big-hearted Katie Mehan ever wanted was health and happiness for her family and the love of her husband, Pat. Meanwhile their 16-year-old daughter Molly is getting an increasing amount of attention from boys in the area, in particular from the masterful and confident Bob Jarvis. Zusammenfassung This captivating and compelling East End saga, set in the run up to World War Two, is just what fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Donna Douglas will love. Written in the evocative style we've come to love from bestselling author Gilda O'Neill, you'll feel as if you are right in the thick of the action. The perfect dose of escapism... WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JUST AROUND THE CORNER ! 'Very well written - had me gripped from beginning to end' - 5 STARS 'Loved, loved, loved this book' - 5 STARS 'Wow...a must read' - 5 STARS 'Delightful' - 5 STARS ******************************************************************* WILL SHE FIND THE LOVE SHE IS LOOKING FOR? All big-hearted Katie Mehan ever wanted was health and happiness for her family and the love of her husband, Pat . But as work at the docks gets scarcer and the political unrest of the 1930s begins to impinge on them, she wonders if even this is too much to ask. Especially when Pat begins to show the strain in fits of temper aimed, to her astonishment, at Katie herself. Meanwhile their 16-year-old daughter Molly is getting an increasing amount of attention from boys in the area, in particular from the masterful and confident Bob Jarvis . But Jarvis has a darker side - his links with the violent Blackshirts. And when Molly meets another boy, Jewish Simon Blomstein , she begins to realise life isn't as simple as she thought it was. . . ...
