Ruby-Marie Maxwell

Name: Ruby-Marie Maxwell
Brand: Marie Maxwell

Marie Maxwell

RubyAuthor(s): Marie Maxwell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781847562517, 978-1847562517\nSynopsis\nAs a former evacuee, feisty Ruby is forced to fend for herself when she returns to her family in London.\nSet in the aftermath of WW2, this gripping saga is richly evocative of the period and shows the true grit of our heroine Ruby.\nHome is where the heart is\nAfter having lived peacefully in Cambridgeshire as an evacuee, 15-year-old Ruby Blakeley is bought back to reality when her bully of a brother Ray comes to take her home to East London.\nFar from being welcomed back with open arms, Ruby finds herself being treated as a skivvy by her widowed mother and subject to a tirade of taunts from her two brothers.\nThings get worse when she becomes pregnant. Unable to tackle her family, Ruby runs away and makes a new start for herself in Southend. But she soon finds she cant escap.