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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
* Set in the 1960s, COCKNEY DIAMOND continues the lives and loves of Patsy, her children and grandchildren...
Patsy is now living a comfortable life - Eddie's little chain of hotels is thriving, but two of her four children have problems in their marriages - can Patsy help them out
Ellen's husband is physically abusing her. She finally leaves him, spends some time in a mental hospital, then slowly recovers at home and eventually meets Peter - a much more gentle and charming man.
David is married to the restless, attention-seeking, beautiful Valerie who is having one of her more serious affairs and decides to leave him. Stepson Tim is old enough to leave home himself but is disturbed by his mother's actions...
The novel ends with Patsy having managed to keep the family together - and the birth of her first great-grandchild.
Elizabeth Waite
Elizabeth Waite was born in Tooting, South London and lived there until she was 34. During the war she worked as a bus conductress at Merton Garage. In 1956 she and her husband moved to Devon and bought their first guesthouse. Now retired, Elizabeth lives in East Sussex. An East End Christmas is her eighteenth novel.
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