One of five sisters Margaret Rose Astbury grew up in Wednesbury during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite the constant struggle to make ends meet & the hardship & worry of wartime life in the Black Country was not all doom & gloom. In the crowded terraced houses & teeming communal yards there was love & laughter aplenty. Meg was no angel & was often up to her armpits in mischief. But she knew she could rely on her sisters to stick up for her
- & her mom & dad were too soft-hearted to punish any of their beloved daughters. With all the humour & narrative skill that have made her novels bestsellers Meg Hutchinson paints a loving portrait of family life in a more innocent age.