by Dilly Court · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781784752552
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«The Cockney Sparrow» is the family saga novel by Dilly Court, published by Arrow in paperback (544 pages, in English).
In early 20th-century London, Clemency Skinner, with a soprano voice, picks pockets to support her brother Jack while her mother falls into the hands of pimp Todd Hardiman. Ned Hawkes helps her escape the slums, she finds work with street performers, and her voice reaches the Strand Theatre, until Jared Stone complicates her future.
The work was originally published in 2007; this Arrow paperback edition appeared in 2016.
For those who enjoy family sagas and period historical novels featuring women.
Dilly Court is an English author of popular historical fiction and family saga novels also writing under the pseudonym of Lily Baxter. She published her first book when she was 65 and, as of 2023, her novels have sold more than four million copies.
