For sixteen-year-old Mary Harris, growing up in Rotherhithe in 1934 has its ups and downs. She has a good job in a biscuit factory and a best friend, Liz, who's fun to be with, but she's worried about her younger brother Eddie. Eddie is a difficult child whose bad behaviour affects the whole family. Although Mary's stepfather Ted denies losing his temper with the boy, Mary's seen the bruises on Eddie's small body. She wishes her parents would take Eddie to a specialist as perhaps then they would find out what's wrong with him. Mary escapes her problems for a while when she meets Liz's handsome brother Billy, who's a sailor. And when a fortune-teller predicts romance is in the air, Mary's sure that Billy is the one for her. But the future holds some surprises, and there's heartbreak to come before Mary can find true love.
- ISBN10 0754087344
- ISBN13 9780754087342
- Publish Date February 2004 (first published 22 December 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 November 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher AudioGO Limited
- Imprint Chivers Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 512
- Language English