Author:Katie Flynn
Claudia and her younger sister, Jenny, live with their parents, Louisa and Cormack Muldoon, in their grandmother's house in Blodwen Street. Louisa has a good job in a dress shop on Scotland Road and Cormack is a supervisor at the nearby tobacco manufactory. They assume they are settled for life, but then Grandpa Muldoon has a seizure and begs his son to return to Kilnevin and the family croft.
Few writers have a fan base as varied as Katie Flynn and devotees won't be disappointed
—— Scottish Daily RecordI thoroughly enjoyed it
—— Daily MailA gently, heart warming ... coming of age story
—— Historical Novels ReviewSaga fans will be swept up in the heart-lifting story
—— Peterborough Evening TelegraphCompelling. 4 stars
—— Star MagazineEngrossing
—— Choice Magazine
'This warm first novel set in working-class Soho in the Fifties explores an adult world through a child's eyes ... The author spent her childhood in Soho which perhaps explains the convincing period detail.'