TY - SOUND AU - Gibson,Mary AU - Dover,Anne TI - Bourbon creams and tattered dreams SN - 9781510062801 (CDs) : U1 - 823.9'2 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Rearsby PB - Lamplight Audiobooks KW - Bermondsey (London, England) KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - Social life and customs KW - 1918-1945 KW - Audiobooks N1 - Narrated by Anne Dover N2 - Handsome Frank Rossi took Matty Gilbie away from her working class roots in Bermondsey, East London and promised her fame and fortune. In America, the Cockney Canary would become a movie star. As his wife, she would be half of a power couple, feted and adored by all. But the Wall Street Crash of 1929 puts paid to all that, and as Frank becomes more violent and unstable, Matty flees in the dead of night. Once home in Bermondsey, she goes into hiding and starts desperately looking for work. But only Peak Freans, the hated biscuit factory, is hiring staff. Then, as a secret from her past comes back to haunt her, Matty learns that Frank is on the move, determined to find her and get her back ER -