Author: | Kit Domino | ISBN: | 9780957222106 |
Publisher: | ThornBerry Publishing UK | Publication: | May 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Kit Domino |
ISBN: | 9780957222106 |
Publisher: | ThornBerry Publishing UK |
Publication: | May 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
1952 in West London. A time of coffee bars and jukeboxes, Teddy boys and gang fights. As Christmas approaches, sixteen-year-old Beth Brixham has so much to look forward to. No more school, her first job, her first boyfriend. Instead, her world is thrown into darkness and chaos as the Great Smog descends over London, leaving in its wake a trail of death and disruption and changing Beth’s life forever.
When family tragedy strikes during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Beth finds herself shunned by her father. Faced with eviction, she must battle against the prejudices, laws and social bigotry post World War II in an effort to prevent her baby sister being taken into care, but she hadn’t gambled on the price she has to pay when offered a radical solution.
Every Step of the Way was shortlisted for the 2004 Harry Bowling Prize for a London novel.
1952 in West London. A time of coffee bars and jukeboxes, Teddy boys and gang fights. As Christmas approaches, sixteen-year-old Beth Brixham has so much to look forward to. No more school, her first job, her first boyfriend. Instead, her world is thrown into darkness and chaos as the Great Smog descends over London, leaving in its wake a trail of death and disruption and changing Beth’s life forever.
When family tragedy strikes during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Beth finds herself shunned by her father. Faced with eviction, she must battle against the prejudices, laws and social bigotry post World War II in an effort to prevent her baby sister being taken into care, but she hadn’t gambled on the price she has to pay when offered a radical solution.
Every Step of the Way was shortlisted for the 2004 Harry Bowling Prize for a London novel.