Born in 1910, Rose Plummer grew up in an East End slum, where she and fought an unending battle with hunger and squalor.

At the age of fifteen, Rose started work as a live-in maid, and despite the poverty of her childhood, nothing could have prepared her for the long hours, the backbreaking work and the harshness of a world in which servants were treated as if they were less than human.

But however difficult life became, Rose found something to laugh about, and her remarkable spirit and friendship with Mary shines through. I was so sad when they lost contact with each other - what a wonderful bond they had!

I loved Rose’s memoirs, my only disappointment is that the book ended very abruptly and I would have liked to read much more! The narrator comes across as charming and funny and I would have loved to hear her reading these memories.

Left at the book swap shelf.

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