No Cake, No Jam
Hardship and happiness in wartime London
$24.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2014
Summary
No Cake, No Jam is the heart-warming true story of a little girl’s London childhood during the Blitz, and of how she rose above adversity through sheer guts and strength of character.
Marian Hughes was born in the same year as her father committed suicide. She spent most of her early childhood with her elder sisters and brother in Spurgeon’s Orphanage in South London. There she learned to love extravagant hymns and to receive regular beatings.
Suddenly, when Marian was ten, he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091957254 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091957257 |
| Author: | Marian Hughes |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 126mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
It was a childhood that might have broken most girls’ spirits. Marian defied fate, won her battle to survive and went straight
It was a childhood that might have broken most girls’ spirits. Marian defied fate, won her battle to survive and went straight * Daily Mail *
Marian Hughes was rescued from the hell of a wartime orphanage by a mentally unstable mother who turned her into a delinquent. In her evocative autobiography, she describes how she survived a childhood that would have broken the spirit of most young girls * Peter Lewis *
Marian Hughes
Marian was born in 1931 and found peace and normality at the age of 16 on a farm in Cornwall, helped by her understanding and loving stepfather. She later married and lived in North London, becoming a mother to three and grandmother to seven. She eventually tracked down her sisters and brother. Sadly, Marian died in 2005 at the age of 74.
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