Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Gilda O’Neill’s The East End traces the East End of London - cockneys criminals street markets pub singalongs dog racing jellied eels. London’s East End it is a place at once appealing and unruly comforting and incomprehensible. Gilda O’Neill an East Ender herself shows there is more to this fascinating area than a collection of cliched images. Using oral history and more traditional sources she builds up a powerful image of this community - bringing to us with wit and honesty the real story of London’s East End.’Every page is a delight. Every chapter made vivid by a writer who has poured heart and soul into her book’ Daily Mail ’A rich tapestry... a finely detailed examination of our not so distant past. Her book is as much a piece of history as the accounts it contains’ Time OutGilda O’Neill was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She wrote full-time and continued to live in the East End with her husband and family. Sadly she died on 24 September 2010 after a short illness.
