The story of bestselling author Sally Worboyes' own family life in postwar Stepney is no less engrossing and dramatic than her gritty East London sagas. Sally grew up in a two-up, two-down with an outside lavatory and no hot water, where her parents raised four of their six children. From carol singing for the Kray twins to a family secret, Sally's childhood was full of the spirit of adventure. This is the vivid story of Sally's days spent 'raking' the East End streets for useful scraps or crowding into her family's tiny parlour rooms for Saturday tea. As well as the tribulations of a poor family, there is the deep love she felt and still feels for the old East End and its people. Book jacket.