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Authors: Mary Gibson

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The story starts here.

First published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © Mary Gibson, 2014

The moral right of Mary Gibson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (eBook) 9781781855904

ISBN (HB) 9781781855911

ISBN (XTPB) 9781781855928

Head of Zeus Ltd

Clerkenwell House

45–47 Clerkenwell Green

London EC1R 0HT

www.headofzeus.com

Contents

Cover

Welcome Page

Dedication

Chapter 1: ‘We are the Bermondsey Girls!’

Chapter 2: The Set of Jugs

Chapter 3: The Letter

Chapter 4: Home Comforts

Chapter 5: The Snares of Paradise

Chapter 6: The Hop Princess

Chapter 7: A Bloody Good Hiding

Chapter 8: The Sewing Circle

Chapter 9: When the Bough Breaks

Chapter 10: Hop Harvest

Chapter 11: A Home in the Country

Chapter 12: Goodbye to Eden

Chapter 13: Her Solitary Way

Chapter 14: Turning Tide

Chapter 15: Safe Haven

Chapter 16: ‘Then Like My Dreams’

Chapter 17: Withered and Flown

Chapter 18: Gardens for Everyone

Chapter 19: A Good Man is Hard to Find

Chapter 20: The Right Place

Chapter 21: Stonefield

Chapter 22: She Didn’t Come for Me

Chapter 23: Run Outs

Chapter 24: The Joy Slide

Chapter 25: ‘Turn ’em Over’

Chapter 26: Absent Husbands

Chapter 27: Tuppence for the Tram

Chapter 28: The Slut on the Stairs

Chapter 29: Escape Plans

Chapter 30: Daughters of the Flood

Chapter 31: Return of the Dove

Chapter 32: Sweet Thames Flow Softly

Chapter 33: Trees of Heaven

Preview

Acknowledgements

About this Book

Reviews

About the Author

Also by this Author

An Invitation from the Publisher

Copyright

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