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1	Cockney courage more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Bermondsey 1945. When Annie's father is killed she won't let the two children he took in with their mother (now vanished) be taken into care. Raising them herself whilst searching for their parents, she finds they have different fathers and again they face separation unless she can find a solution. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
2	A London lass more books like this by Elizabeth Waite When Janey has to leave her home after her stepfather beats her, she finds herself in a children's home deep in the Sussex countryside. Leaving at 16, she takes a job as a maid in Balham and is lonely and miserable until she meets a blind woman and falls in love with her married son. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Skinny Lizzie. more books like this by Elizabeth Waite South London, 1932. Times are hard for ten-year old Lizzie Collins and her family. With her father dead, it is up to her mother, grandmother and aunt to scrimp and save to rear Lizzie and her three siblings. But the whole family is blessed with the indomitable Cockney spirit- and in particular the physically frail but strong-willed and intelligent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.71!
4	Cockney diamond by Elizabeth Waite Patsy is now living a comfortable life - Eddie's little chain of hotels is thriving, but two of her four children have problems in their marriages - can Patsy help them out? Ellen's husband is physically abusing her. She finally leaves him, spends some time in a mental hospital, then slowly recovers at home and eventually meets Peter - a much more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Time will tell more books like this by Elizabeth Waite During an air-raid, Joan gives birth to a son just as a bomb hits the hospital. The electricity is cut and panic ensues. In the aftermath of confusion, her son is mis-tagged with another baby boy, a fact that only comes to light 20 years later. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| SVS
6	Cockney waif more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Patsy Kent is just fourteen when her beloved mother Ellen dies of consumption in November 1918. The pregant but unmarries Ellen had fled her respectable family and landed up in Tooting, desperate to find somewhere to live and a place to work. Thus she found Florrie Holmes' place in Strathmore Street. Patsy, born there, has grown up surrounded by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.94! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Kingston Kate more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Kate's mother kills her abusive father and is tried and hanged for murder. Friends help Kate through and she meets Toby with whom she has just one night before he leaves for South Africa. Kate gets on with her life, until two years later when she receives a letter from Toby asking if she is free. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.94! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Third Time Lucky more books like this by Elizabeth Waite A story which begins in Tooting in 1951. Evie Smith has two daughters by a married lover, who leaves her when she becomes pregnant again. Five years later Evie gets together with a mysterious man, but a fire robs her of him. Then an encounter with a police officer provides a chance of happiness. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $67.49! \| SVS
9	Second chance more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Barbara's first chance comes in 1945. A barrister's daughter, she runs away to marry her sailor sweetheart in secret, ignoring her parent's disapproval. When the marriage falls violently apart, she returns home and tries to rebuild her life. Then a second chance of happiness comes her way. see all copies from $1.99! SVS
10	Trouble & Strife more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Tooting, 1950: Ruby has always been a worry to her widowed mother Ida - her husband, Brian is violent and she loses her job after allegations of "carrying on" with the manager. When Brian dies suddenly, Ida is quietly relieved, but tragedy continues to stalk Ruby until she feels she must go away. see all copies from $2.00! SVS
11	Life's for living by Elizabeth Waite When good-for-nothing Bill dies in a fire of his own drunken making, it is a bit of relief for wife Joan. Behind on the rent, scraping a few pennies together for food, at least now she is free from his physical abuse. With the support of sister Martha, Joan finds a housekeeping job in Kent which puts her on her feet. The household is a friendly ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $14.10! \| first editions
12 view cover	Wheeling and Dealing by Elizabeth Waite Ella Dryden has always lived in London's East End. It's 1952, and her husband Dennis wants to take her and their two children to live in Epsom in Surrey. But the move will leave her at the mercy of Dennis's erratic behavior, his beatings and his shady financial dealings. Ella decides not to go with him, and learning that Dennis has got another ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.46! \| first editions
13 view cover	Life's for living by Elizabeth Waite When good-for-nothing Bill dies in a fire of his own drunken making, it is a bit of relief for wife Joan. Behind on the rent, scraping a few pennies together for food, at least now she is free from his physical abuse. With the support of sister Martha, Joan finds a housekeeping job in Kent which puts her on her feet. The household is a friendly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.62! \| first editions
14 view cover	Nippy more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Set in London in the depressed years immediately following World War I, NIPPY is the story of two best friends, Becky and Eleanor. Becky has a loving family but Ella's father died in the war leaving his family in poverty. Ella is tough and able to take life in the laundry where the two girls begin work aged 14, but Becky soon realises it's not the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $75.30! \| SVS
15 view cover	Safe Return Home more books like this by Elizabeth Waite This is a heart-warming family saga from a best-selling author.Emma Pearson and her family offered a rural holiday to two orphaned children in the 1930s. The two boys, John and Tommy, were from one of the poorest parts of London but become as close as family over the holiday. Over the years the family stay in touch with them and try and help, even ... see all copies from $10.26! new only from $10.26! \| SVS
16 view cover	Never Say Never more books like this by Elizabeth Waite This is a heartwarming family saga from a bestselling author.It is 1930, and the sleepy Hampshire village where Emma Pearson lives with her husband and two daughters is untouched by the Depression that has ravaged much of the country, causing poverty and hardship. When the villagers are asked to offer a rural holiday to orphaned children from the ... see all copies from $9.63! new only from $9.63! \| SVS
17	The Road to Bethlehem Tpb: a Nativity Story From Ethiopia by Elizabeth Laird; Terry Waite see all copies from $16.75!
18	Elizabeth Waite omnibus. more books like this by Elizabeth Waite This omnibus edition contains "Second Chance" and "Skinny Lizzie". In the first novel, a new wife discovers her husband's violence and must break free of his hold over her. In the second, Londoner Lizzie marries after the war, only to find her husband wants to move away from her beloved home town. see all copies from $2.34!
19 view cover	Cockney diamond by Elizabeth Waite Patsy is now living a comfortable life - Eddie's little chain of hotels is thriving, but two of her four children have problems in their marriages - can Patsy help them out? Ellen's husband is physically abusing her. She finally leaves him, spends some time in a mental hospital, then slowly recovers at home and eventually meets Peter - a much more ... see all copies from $18.87! first editions
20	Cockney family more books like this by Elizabeth Waite Set in wartime London, this is a sequel to "Cockney Waif". Patsy now has a husband and four children, and as the fateful events of September 1939 unfold, London will be shaken by air raids and food shortages, children will be evacuated, and men called up. Patsy wonders if her family can survive. see all copies from $2.34!
21 view cover	Total Commitment more books like this by Elizabeth Waite This is a heartbreaking and poignant family saga from a bestselling author.Spirited Paula O'Brien wants to escape her family home and start a new life afresh. Her abusive father terrifies her and she is scared of defying him. He had her put away in an asylum as a child, after a dreadful incident at her thirteenth birthday party, and he threatens ... see all copies from $19.10! new only from $19.10! \| SVS
22	Interplay '85 Ist International Festival of Young Playwrights by Daniel Lapaine, Glenn Lumsden, David Maher, Robyn Waite, Rob Howatson, Elizabeth Fow, Charles McGuiness, Emily Fuller,... see all copies from $27.00! first editions

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