In the meantime, 14-year-old Freda runs away to London with her friend Florence, to seek their fortune as dancers on the stage, along with the hundreds of other girls their age. Where Nellie got the money to start up her business remains shrouded in mystery, but we can guess it wasn’t legal. We also have 14-year-old Kitty but she’s a pain in the neck, though it’s not really her fault. She runs five somewhat dodgy nightclubs with the help of her children – Niven, a romantic figure who fought in the Great War, the enigmatic and clever Edith, glamorous Shirley (I can’t read about Shirley without imagining someone I work with who shares her name and is about as glam as it gets), equally glamorous Betty, and budding author Ramsay. Everything about it, everyone in it and there’s even a cute terrier called Pierrot (I hope the name isn’t a spoiler but I think I need a dog called Pierrot). I adored this book more than I can even put into words.
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