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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2018 AND THE ANDRÉ SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDS 2019''Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat'' Evening Standard''Rich and compelling'' Spectator''An accomplished social history ... lively and absorbing'' Who Do You Think You Are?The fascinating history of an iconic East End institution from the bestselling author of Silvertown, Melanie McGrath. G Kelly''s Pie and Mash has been run by the same family in the Roman Road in Bow for nearly a hundred years; an East End institution and the still point of a turning world. Outside its windows the Roman Road has seen an extraordinary revolution - from women''s liberation and industrialisation to wars and immigration - and yet at its heart it remains one of the last traditional market roads of London.
Pie and Mash down the
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Extraordinary and very moving; yet more proof, if proof were needed, that there is no such thing as an ordinary person. * Julian Fellowes *
Brilliant, funny, fascinating. Beautifully written, carefully researched, wonderfully told. * Danny Wallace *
Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this book will go down a treat. * Evening Standard *
Her empathetic ability to inhabit vanished streets and catch authentic voices - at a point when you wonder how much longer they will be around - is rich and compelling * Spectator *
A still point in a turning world . . . a shop front onto the past * Mail on Sunday *
An emotional encounter with Bow's very tumultuous history * Roman Road LDN *
Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Pie and Mash down the Roman Road draws you right into the heart of the vibrant East End community * Rosie Hendry, author of the East End Angels series *
An accomplished social history ... lively and absorbing * Who Do You Think You Are? magazine *
Pacy and breath-taking; Melanie tells it like it is and was. The Roman Road market life is a force to be reckoned with, and I loved every word. * Carol Rivers, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas *
Fascinating insight, a love letter to London. It's very well written, thoroughly researched and a perfect insight into a slice of history, as tasty as the best pie and mash. * Glenda Young, author of Belle of the Back Streets *
Anybody nostalgic about their London roots will love this impressively researched, absorbing gem of a book * Kay Brellend, author of the Campbell Road series *
