Ridley Road

Author(s): Jo Bloom

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Summer, 1962. Twenty-year-old Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, arrives in London following the death of her father. Alone in the world, she is looking for Jack Fox, a man she had a brief but intense love affair with some months before. But the only address she has for him leads to a dead end. Determined to make a new life for herself, Vivien convinces Barb, the owner of Oscar's hair salon in Soho, to give her a job. There, she is swept into the colourful world of coffee bars and clubs - sixties Soho on the cusp of change. But still, Vivien cannot forget Jack. As she continues to look for him, her search leads her into the fight against resurgent fascism in East London where members of the Jewish community are taking to the streets, in and around Ridley Road. When Vivien finds Jack among the protestors crowds at a rally, her joy quickly turns to shock and the course of her life is altered by her discovery ...

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For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Sadie Jones, a story of passion, courage and the fight against fascism in 1960s London

Jo Bloom has worked as a freelancer in the communications field for the past fifteen years with a focus on arts publicity and e-learning. She also contributed to the book review section of Time Out, London for a few years. Prior to this she lived and worked in Prague and New York. She was inspired to write Ridley Road when she met a Jewish anti-fascist who'd lived in the East End all his life and participated in numerous street battles with the fascists alongside both the 43 Group and the 62 Group. She lives in Brighton with her husband and young son.

General Fields

  • : 9780297608295
  • : Orion Publishing Co
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : December 2014
  • : 216mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jo Bloom
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 320