{"product_id":"a-fish-supper-and-a-chippy-smile-9781409158424","title":"A Fish Supper and a Chippy Smile","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''A brilliant memoir of a strong woman'' \u003cb\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A must-read that will break your heart but also make you laugh'' \u003cb\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Oi, Hilda, the sign outside says you''re frying today but I ain''t seeing nothing done in ere!''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe voice cut through my daydream. Already there was a queue of hungry customers on the cobbled street of London''s East End.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1950s and 60s Bermondsey, the fish-and-chip shop was at the centre of the community. And at the heart of the chippy itself was ''Hooray'' Hilda Kemp, a spirited matriarch who dispensed fish suppers and an abundance of sympathy to a now-vanished world of East Enders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  For Hilda knew all to well what it was like to feel real, aching hunger. Growing up in the slums of 1920s south-east London, the daughter of a violent alcoholic who drank away his wages rather than\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lovely, nostalgic portrait of a strong woman in a vanished world. * PRIMA magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir of married life in post-war Bermondsey will make the contemporary Londoner's eyes boggle. Before the sleek glass apartments there was a grinding poverty and semi-starvation, but a great sense of community and friendship. Hilda survives through the love of a good man and her job at the fish shop. Gut-wrenching. * The Lady *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739067822423,"sku":"9781409158424","price":12.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781409158424.jpg?v=1720051066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-fish-supper-and-a-chippy-smile-9781409158424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}