A Cockney Rosebud: New Bittersweet and Poignant Memoir Captivates with Tale of Early 20th Century East End Family Life
In the first of her three-part memoir, Josie Bruce captures the essence of life in London’s East End - its community, social history and those strong characters that shaped the author, and ultimately almost broke her.
Embracing the philosophy that ‘together we make eternal memories’, author Josie Bruce grips readers with the first instalment of her three-part memoir, A Cockney Rosebud.
Immersing readers in the good, bad and ugly elements of London’s East End, the author shares her mother’s early life living in this unique part of the capital (primarily 1920 – 1948), until a war left her homeless and unable to return to her roots.
With Rosie’s life in London playing a pivotal role in moulding her future self, it is the author’s recounting of those mother and daughter rel...