3 Novels by by Gilda O’Neill
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Overview: Gilda was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She is now a full-time writer and Make Us Traitors is her eleventh novel. She has also had four non-fiction books published including the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, My East End: A History of Cockney London and Our Street: The East End at War. She lived in East London with her husband and family.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
The Whitechapel Girl
A suspenseful saga of London’s East End when Jack the Ripper walked the streets…
Ettie Wilkins has to get out of Whitechapel. As her mother sinks deeper into alcoholism, the violent lodger with whom they share their one-room slum has been turning his attentions to Ettie, and she can’t stand it any longer.
So when debonair Professor Jacob Protsky picks Ettie out of the crowd at a penny gaff, she is determined to seize her chance. Despite the warnings of her friends, Ettie goes to live with Protsky in Bow, assisting him with his skilful brand of spiritual clairvoyance.
But when Ettie befriends Celia Tressing, she soon finds herself increasingly worried by events down the road in Whitechapel. A series of gruesome murders and whispers of a man called ‘Jack the Ripper’ have shaken even that resilient community, and outsiders like Protsky are prime suspects…
The Flower Girl
A gritty, emotional saga set in London’s East End
Cissie Flowers has had her fair share of hardships but she’s always found a way to smooth over her worries and get on with raising her two young children. Until, that is, her husband Davy is killed in a suspicious accident and she begins to see how tough East End life can be, even with friends like Sammy Clarke.
Suddenly, infamous gangster Big Bill Turner is taking an interest in her affairs and ghosts from his past are seeking her out with sordid stories to tell. When Cissie takes over Davy’s old flower stall outside Aldgate station to tackle her financial troubles, she soon discovers that the most beautiful facade can hide the ugliest secrets. For there are some people who will stop at no end to dispense with anything – or anyone – that gets in their way…
The Cockney Girl
A gripping wartime family saga of love and loss set in Kent and London
For Poplar’s Fairleigh women the annual migration from London to the hop fields of Kent is normally a longed-for escape from the dust and grime of the East End. But this year Rose Fairleigh worries that their departure will interrupt the slow-blossoming romance between her daughter Jess and gentle postman Jack Barnes.
Ever reliable, Jack promises to visit the Worlington estate as soon as he can and assures Rose he will keep an eye on her three sons, who are staying behind. Before he knows it, though, one of the boys is in trouble and it’s up to Jack to brave Chinatown’s dangerous and unfamiliar streets to bring him home.
Meanwhile in Kent, Jess’ life grows increasingly confusing as, full of promises and charm, the son of suffragette Lady Worlington turns his attentions to her. And, after Jack fails to show up in Kent as promised, the outcome seems inevitable…
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