Author: Sue Wilsher Publisher: Sphere Publication Date: 2018 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 075156463X Type: Paperback
Title: The Empire GirlsAuthor: Sue Wilsher Publisher: Sphere Publication Date: 2018 ISBN: 075156463X Type: Paperback Condition: New Edition: Reprint
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: 2017.
Tilbury, 1950s. The Empire is a boarding house run by Vi, Doris's mother. When Doris becomes pregnant out of marriage, she is kicked out of the house and forced to fend for herself. Desperate to look after her daughter, she takes any job going. She falls in with the Windrush immigrants and finds herself helping one to a new life in Britain.