Publisher's Synopsis
A prequel to the Agnes Brown trilogy follows Agnes Reddin's 1940s childhood, during which she and best friend Marion Dalany survive nun schoolteachers, early jobs, and introductions to the street market trade by a tough ex-con.
About the Publisher
Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carré, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.
