Jam and Roses
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
In 1920s London, three sisters struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from the violence of their father.
Mary Gibson Books
Mary Gibson's novels delve into the lives and experiences of ordinary people, with a particular focus on women, in the working-class district of Bermondsey, London. Her stories are rich with nostalgia, memory, and the enduring strength of family bonds. Gibson crafts her narratives with a keen eye for authentic detail, vividly recreating the atmosphere and social fabric of past eras, notably World War I Bermondsey. Her accessible and moving prose invites readers to connect deeply with her characters and their compelling life journeys.
Custard tarts and broken hearts
- 406 pages
- 15 hours of reading
They call them custard tarts—the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate struggle to make ends meet, often going hungry to feed her little brothers. Two men vie for Nellie's love. One is flamboyant, confident, and a chancer. The other is steady, truthful, and loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem. Looming over them all—over Bermondsey, over the factory, over the custard tarts and their lives and loves—is the shadow of World War I. And that will change everything and everyone.
Gunner Girls And Fighter Boys
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Bermondsey 1939 - in the middle of the Blitz. With her home in ruins, May joins the ATS and becomes a gunner girl. Here she finds dangerous work, new friends and rivals - and painful choices in love.
The Bermondsey Bookshop
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The inspiring story of one girl's struggle against poverty, hunger and family cruelty, set in 1920s London.
Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Following the Wall Street Crash, Matty Gilbie flees home from New York to Bermondsey, her acting dreams in tatters and her life in danger from the mob.