Daughter's Sorrow

Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street


Bridget has always been the one to take on the responsibility for looking after her family. With a drunken, violent mother, an unemployed brother who can't stay out of pub brawls and a wayward sister vulnerable to the smooth talk of shady men, it's hardly surprising when she falls for cheeky local lad, Ernie.
But when he breaks her heart, she is drawn to the kind figure of Joe, despite the bad boys of the criminal underworld who lurk in the shadows and seem to have him in their sights.
Bridget and Joe try hard to keep a hold on their livelihoods and to keep to the straight and narrow path, but misfortune dogs them and it seems that happiness is always just out of reach…

Durerea de inima si greutatile din East End din Londra, de la cel mai bine vandut autor al cartii The Orphans of Halfpenny Street, Bridget a fost intotdeauna cel care si-a asumat responsabilitatea pentru ingrijirea familiei sale. Cu o mama beata, violenta, un frate somer care nu poate sta departe de luptele de la pub si o sora capricioasa vulnerabila la discutiile linistite ale barbatilor umbrosi, nu este deloc surprinzator cand se indragosteste de baiatul obraznic local, Ernie. inima, ea este atrasa de silueta buna a lui Joe, in ciuda baietilor rai din lumea interlopa criminala care pandesc in umbra si par sa-l aiba in vedere. Bridget si Joe incearca din greu sa pastreze mijloacele de trai si sa calea dreapta si ingusta, dar nenorocirea ii caineste si se pare ca fericirea nu este intotdeauna la indemana ...