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It's 1953 and Rosie is 7 years old. She lives in a café where a menagerie of neighbors come to eat and catch up on the gossip. The alleyways are teeming with crooks, fortune-tellers, card-sharks, and ladies of the night. But Rosie is hoping to be adopted soon. Then she learns that the woman she has always known as "The Perfume Lady" is not only a professional tart & a gin addict but also her mother! But the toughest racketeer has a soft spot for Rosie and between him and the neighborhood they will be making sure Rosie goes to a good home. This is a fun, wonderful, feel good story that you just don't want to end. I truly enjoyed it.
A light read but very funny. I would compare it to Brendan O'Carroll's Irish books. Worth the read.
This novel is fluff, but it's very sweet fluff. A quick read.
Absolutely delightful and fun. Lauged out loud in several places. Great debut for a new writer. REminded me a bit of Brendan Carroll's novels.
In 1953 London's dark alleyways teem with crooks, fortune-tellers, card-sharks, and prostitutes. But even the toughest racketeer has a soft spot for 7 year old Rosie, the adopted daughter of the whole neighborhood and resident ray of sunshine. A doorstep orphan, she lives in a cafe where a menagerie of neighbors come to nosh and gossip. But as her Uncle Bert and pillowy-plump Aunt Maggie work to make her adoption legal, she learns that the woman she has always thought of as "The Pefurmed Lady" is not only a professional tart, she is also a gin addict and Rosie's mum. As the real story unfolds, Rosie becomes the target of a plot and rallies the whole neighborhood to her aid.
This is book that warms the heart. You don't want it to end.
This is book that warms the heart. You don't want it to end.
