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Hopping (Paperback)
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Hopping (Paperback)
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The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of
Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys – the locals of the old
East End. For more than a century, ‘hopping’ was the main event
in the East End calendar – an annual expedition of over 200,000
East Enders out to the Kentish countryside to look for casual work
picking hops and stripping bines. Aunt Daisy was one of those day
trippers. For her, the train ride from London Bridge to Faversham
was a kind of magic that she always passed in a rush of sensation.
To be away from the tight hustle of the city and lose herself in
the open spaces and pollen mists of the Kentish summer provided her
with a succour that would last her through the long winters back in
London. Her delicate demeanour had never really suited the smutty
terraces of the East End; rather she considered herself a
countrywoman who just so happened to be stranded in the city.
Married young and yet not unhappily to Harold Baker, a closet
homosexual who would never consummate their union, at some early
point she wrote an escape clause into her life that shielded her
from her life's difficult realities. It was this resolve, a kind of
armour born out by her dreamy nature, that more than anything else
marked Aunt Daisy out as an East Ender. Thoughtful, moving and
beautifully rendered, Hopping captures the essence of ordinary
family lives often obscured from history during an extraordinary
period in London's past. Regardless of era or circumstance,
chartering the shift of the East End from a hive of poverty whose
dimmed population toiled daily at the docks, to a Blitzed-out
community that defiantly rose to confront the brutalities of World
War II, through to the gamble and risk emanating from behind the
glass and steel towers of today's Canary Wharf, Hopping stands as
testament to the true East Ender disposition – an agility of
spirit to endure your lot and get by.
General
Imprint: |
Fourth Estate
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2010 |
Authors: |
Melanie McGrath
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-722365-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-00-722365-X |
Barcode: |
9780007223657 |
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