An autobiography of early childhood during and after the Second World War. A boys true life growing up among the bomb rubble of North Manchester and the hardship faced by the people around with the ‘poorhouse’ looming large.
Book Review: Carrying Water and Carrying Loss: Tony Stevens’ The Water Girls
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(5 Stars)Venice has been written about endlessly, but The Water Girls finds something rare in its canals. Instead of gondoliers and nobles, Tony Stevens turns his attention to the women who carried the city’s water, and in doing so, he gives voice to a world on the edge of disappearance. The story follows Lina, a…
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