London's East End brought to life.
Two Jewish boys picket a mean neighbour to get their ball back; a Bangladeshi man is desperate for a business plan; a black woman is fearful she will lose her job when she loses her childminder; a boy and girl-next-door find love in the blitz; a middle class woman goes back to the council estate of her childhood; a racist youth and a black boatman are stranded on an island; the mother of criminal family has all her hopes on her youngest.
These simply told tales of East End life speak of pain and despair, of survival and hope.
With a new introduction and nine poems not previously published.