Jo Bloom Ridley Road (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ridley RoadCondition: NewEAN: 9781780228242ISBN: 9781780228242Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/24/2015Item Height: 197mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 237gAuthor: Jo BloomLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1780228244Description: SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC ONE DRAMA'Vivid, cinematic and exciting' Red'Conjures a great picture of Soho's early-Sixties jazz-and-caffeine buzz' Emerald Street'Thought-provoking' Independent on SundayA TALE OF LOVE AND MORALITY SET IN THE DARK SIDE OF THE SWINGING SIXTIESSUMMER, 1962. Twenty-year-old Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, arrives in London following the death of her father. She has travelled to the city to make a new start, and quickly finds herself swept up in a city buzzing with life. Landing a job at Oscar's salon, she thrives amid the vibrant café culture of Soho and the warm camaraderie of the other hairdressers. But beneath the surface, Vivien is desperate to find Jack Fox, a man she had a brief but intense romance with some months before. Her search leads to confront the dark resurgence of fascism, countered by the Jewish community in street battles around Ridley Road in the East End of London. Amid the growing tensions, can her love survive? AN EXPLOSIVE, HEART-BREAKING NOVEL FOR FANS OF MAGGIE O'FARRELL AND ZOE HELLERReaders LOVE Ridley Road:'Enthralling and captivating' Mrs T.'I read it in one sitting' Rebecca'Did not want to put it down' Eva'Fantastic!' Mrs SCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionTopic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery, RomanceRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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