My mam Shirley : the true story of Yorkshire's notorious criminal family
Shaw, Julie2014
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The Canterbury Estate in Bradford during the '50s and '60s was a tight-knit community reared on poverty, crime and violence, and at the top of the heap were the infamous Hudson family. But it wasn't just the boys who had a story to tell: from matriarch Annie, who gave birth to 13 children, to daughters Margaret and Eunice, who married up and out, each had a personality as indomitable as the last. Then came Shirley Read, who was just 17 when she fell in love with Keith, one of the Hudson lads. To Shirley, the only child of affluent parents, the poverty of the unruly estate was as exciting as it was mysterious; newspapers for tablecloths, jam jars for cups, and, even by that time, no electricity. But it was a friendship forged with Annie and June, the younger Hudson sisters, that would teach Shirley not only to how to survive, Canterbury-style, but would also give her the strength to overcome an unexpected personal tragedy that would soon become a nightmare for women across the world.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hulton Library | Adult Non Fiction | 942.817082 SHAPaperback | Available |
Main title:
Author:
Shaw, Julie, author
Imprint:
London : Harper Element, 2014.London : Harper Element, 2014.
Collation:
xiv, 222 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780007542284 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.817082092942.817082 SHA942.817082942.817082SHA
Local class:
942.817082 SHA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1670541