Memories of an East End Child

<p>From a childhood in London's East End lived in the so-called Isle of Dogs Violet Harrington traces an early life through the worst times and in poor circumstances to becoming a fashion model. Often missing what seemed to be opportunities she becomes a wife and mother.<br>Her engaging yet romantic story draws us into a variegated life that lively illustrates her childhood hardships during the second world war and being bullied as a child. As it moves on through adult life we are presented with an empathetic glimpse into all the changes that happened in the world around her.<br>Her ideas of success often differed from her contemporaries' but her inspiring life still an active thinker in her late 90's is a lesson to us that true beauty lies within.<br>This book inspires us to live our lives to the full. Together with the companion book of her poems we discover this writer's talent for poetry and literature.</p>