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Informationen zum Autor Patricia Brooker grew up in East London, where she married husband Charlie and had five children. After working in various East End factories, she became landlady of the Rising Sun before moving to Essex and working as a newsagent and then a dinner lady. She was catapulted to fame in ITV's The Only Way is Essex , where as matriarch of the Wright clan she quickly became one of the most popular characters. She has fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Klappentext A charming, funny childhood memoir by 'Nanny Pat' from The Only Way is EssexA charming, funny childhood memoir by 'Nanny Pat' from T he Only Way is Essex Zusammenfassung Nanny Pat has always been the heart of her family, and her children and grandchildren regularly pitch up at her house for a cup of tea, a slice of her famous sausage plait and some wise advice. Now, with her trademark warmth and humour, she evokes the colourful East End world of her childhood. Pat was born in 1935 and, apart from a brief period when she was evacuated during the Second World War, she lived in Bow, part of a poor but close-knit community. Her mother died when Pat was only eleven, leaving her heartbroken. As young as she was, she was soon running the household, washing, cleaning and cooking for her father and brother - as well as working in a cork factory upon leaving school. It was a lonely life at times, as her strict father refused to let her go courting. But then she met a handsome young man called Charlie . . . and, against all opposition, she was determined to marry him. Full of great characters, from her deaf Nan to Auntie Alice, who would dress in all her furs to pop out to buy a pork chop, and packed with wonderful anecdotes, this delightful memoir vividly captures a lost way of life.
