Handbags and Gladrags

A wonderfully atmospheric novel of love and life in the 1960s from the queen of the East End saga

Growing up in Bethnal Green, Charlotte longs for the day she''s old enough to put on her gladrags and be part of the swinging sixties. But her parents have other plans and move out to the quiet of the countryside, leaving Charlie homesick as she grows into a beautiful young woman.

So when a childhood ...