| Description |
220 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Poplar, London, 1920. Fourteen-year-old Victoria Keats is horrified when her father demands that she go to work for wealthy Mr Preston -- everyone knows why he takes young girls into his house. But her violent father, who's never let her forget she's not the son he wanted, won't listen to her concerns -- and when she stands up for herself, he throws her out of their dingy little house in the slums. |
| Subject |
Slums -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Poplar (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780727884473 (hardback) |
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0727884476 (hardback) |
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9781847515537 (trade pbk.) |
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1847515533 (trade pbk.) |
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