Product Description

Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive! A gritty new saga from the bestselling author of Outcast Child. Abandoned on the cold stone steps of an orphanage, only a few hours old and clutching the object which was to give her name, Pearl Button had a hard start to life. Now 16 years old, she's finally managed to escape the cruel confines of the orphanage, and enter the real world. Finding work at a nearby cafe, Pearl is thrilled to start earning her own money, even if she must contend with sharp-tongued Dolly Dolby. But soon she becomes tangled up in the murky South London underworld in which Dolly's son -- the cruel but handsome Kevin -- operates. By chance, she sees something she shouldn't, something dangerous, and her life is thrown into jeopardy. Can gentle giant Derek Lewis protect vulnerable Pearl from Kevin -- and her own heart? Meanwhile, a local boy is snatched, terrifying this close-knit community, and at the orphanage where Pearl lived out her wretched childhood, the past is coming back to haunt its owner -- and the secret she has promised to guard for so many years!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109575 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
Praise for NOBODY'S GIRL: 'This pageturner is a gritty tale of survival.' Tesco magazine. 'Heartbreakingly poignant and joltingly realistic. From the first page the characters and their lives drew me in. It combines wonderfully accurate historical detail with true gritty realism in a book that fans of misery lit won't want to miss.' Annie Groves, author of SOME SUNNY DAY. Praise for Kitty Neale: "A gritty tale" BELLA "Neale makes Cookson's earthiest stories look a little tame." PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH All bookshop, independent and library sales to Gardners Books www.gardners.com http://pubeasy.books.gardners.com Customer Care Tel: +44 (0)1323 521777 Customer Care Fax: +44 (0)1323 521666 Gardcall: 01323 521444 www.avon-books.co.uk avon@harpercollins.co.uk WATERSTONE'S "Don't always be put off by the term "page-turner" -- this book is in no way a pile of slushy nonsense. At its core is family life -- the ups and downs of marriage and the parent/child bond -- ranging from the worst excesses of childhood sexual abuse to a love so dutiful that a mother will conspire to break a young girl's heart with the sole purpose of protecting her son. From Post war London to the Swinging 60s this book is a rare thing indeed. Please read and enjoy." For Cuckoo in Candle Lane

Annie Groves, author of SOME SUNNY DAY.
'Heartbreakingly poignant and joltingly realistic. From the first page the
characters and their lives drew me in. It combines wonderfully accurate
historical detail with true gritty realism in a book that fans of misery
lit won't want to miss.'

Tesco magazine
`This pageturner is a gritty tale of survival.'

Customer Reviews

Wow, another excellent book by Kitty Neale
How does she keep producing these fantastic page turners??? I've been up late for the past 2 nights, unable to put the book down to sleep! A story of real life that I would highly recommend.

nobodys girl
A GREAT READ THAT YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF BECOMING DRAWN INTO THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR SITUATIONS.
SLIGHTLY DISSAPPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING-I WONT SPOIL THE STORY BUT IT ALL UNFOLDS TOO QUICKLY WITHIN THE LAST FEW PAGES AND I FIND IT INCONVINCING THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER (PEARL) DOES NOT QUESTION THE SUPRISE VISTOR FURTHER.

Nobody should read this...
In a word - horrendous!

Terrible style of writing, swaps from one character's point of view to another's constantly, predictable so-called story lines, unbelievable dialogue and the alleged shy, quiet main character not only uses a man for her protection but then goes on to sleep with another on a whim. I stopped reading when the main character began whoring herself around, exactly how do you make the jump from blushing at the mere sight of a guy to sleeping with him twice in one night?

I have lobbed said book across my bedroom in the direction of the door! Thank God it was free!