Detective Inspector Webster: What is it that you do, Mrs Drake? Long pause Vera: I help young girls out. 'Vera is a force of nature in a floral pinny, ministering tea and sympathy to anyone who needs it in a down-at-heel postwar London. She also has a secret. Vera is a backstreet abortionist' - Wendy Ide, "Times". 'This could be Mike Leigh's masterpiece: that is, his masterpiece so far, because at 61 years old, he shows every sign of entering a glorious late period of artistry and power' - Peter Bradshaw, "Guardian".
- ISBN10 0571236480
- ISBN13 9780571236480
- Publish Date 6 May 2010
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 17 March 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 192
- Language English