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|title=Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts
|author=Mary Gibson
|rating=5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=In the tinder-dry summer of 1911 the factory workers of Bermondsey are about to ignite the flame of change, leading to the great ''Summer of Unrest''. Inspired by the dock workers’ strike, scores of dissatisfied female workers take to the streets in protest, demanding better working conditions and equal pay. Nellie Clark, who works in Duff’s custard factory, is entranced by the charismatic revolutionary Ted Bosher and is swept along in the fervour, enthusiastically joining her workmates in the protest. When the heat of the day dies down, however, she is reminded of the stark reality that her wages are needed to feed her starving siblings. How will her drunken, violent father react when he finds out what she has done?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781855773</amazonuk>
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|title=Hunger (Hammer 1)
|summary=At first glance, it's difficult to separate ''All the Wrong Questions'' from Snicket's first and far more famous series, ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''. However, the further into it I read, the more I realised that I was actually reading a Film Noir. A classic detective story with all the right characters. A little less subtle than some, perhaps, more Bugsy Malone than Sunset Boulevard but that's fine given the intended audience and makes it no less enjoyable.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405256222</amazonuk>
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