As authentically Cockney as Bow Bells, as popular as St Paul's, Lena Kennedy, creator of the unforgettable MAGGIE and NELLY KELLY, presents to her devoted fans another plucky 'sparrer'.
Tiny, warm-hearted, and totally devoted to her charming rogue of a husband, Lizzie mothers her brood of nephews and nieces through the perils of the war-torn capital. As she struggles to make a home for them in the busy bomb shelters of underground London, she helps launch them on the roller-coaster of life and stands by with help and encouragement.
For Lizzie is a survivor, an irresistible heroine with the unquenchable optimism, the great heart, the indomitable courage that sum up the true spirit of the East End.
