Description: shelf wearA first novel serves up an inimitable slice of British life from Coronation Summer, 1953, in a city not much different than that familiar to Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist.Seven-year-old Rosie lives happily with Uncle Bert and pillow-plump Aunt Maggie above their cafe on Old Compton Street. The Soho neighborhood is rife with tough and sinewy London life including pimps and prostitutes, thieves and con men, the bent and the wicked.One day at school Rosie learns her real mum s a tart. In fact, the Perfumed Lady is not only a tart, she s addicted to gin but what s her real story? As Bert and Maggie bring in the clever nearby lawyer Sharkey Finn to draw up adoption papers, the motley group of grown-ups surrounding Rosie contribute in their own way to making the child safe from a truly surprising threat.Rosie is an entrancing narrator, sharing the cafe clientele s matter-of-fact attitude towards crooks and crimes, not to mention the puzzling mystery of identity that unfolds so convincingly yet so innocently that time and place will blur as you turn the pages.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Features: Ex-Library
Format: Hardcover
Item Width: 5.8in
Number of Pages: 202
Item Length: 8.8in
Item Height: 0.8in
Topic: Mystery & Detective / General, Historical
Book Series: 0
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Ex Libris: Yes
Edition: 0
Language: English
Publication Year: 2002
Item Weight: 20 oz
Book Title: Not All Tarts Are Apple
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Author: Pip Granger
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Inscribed: Yes
Signed: No
Genre: Fiction
Type: Novel
