Down Lambeth Way [Paperback]

Mary Jane Staples (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1988

The Adams family of Walworth were poor, cheerful, and above all respectable - even though they sometimes had to seek a little help from the pawnbroker. Mrs Adams - affectionately called Chinese Lady by her children - was a widow, her soldier husband having gone, rather carelessly, to a hero's death on the Northwest Frontier. There was Boots, the bright one, and Tommy, the quiet one, and Sammy, the nine-year-old wheeler-dealer of the family. There was Mr Finch, the lodger, and dreadful Em'ly next door, and genteel Miss Chivers with the terrible old mother, but above all there was Lizzy. Lizzy was one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. She was young, and always sounded her aitches, and she cared terribly about being clean and neat and...proper. Lizzy was a peach of a girl. When Lizzy fell in love it was 1914. Everyone was going to be affected, things were going to change. But whatever happened, the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - would come through.

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About the Author

Mary Jane Staples was born, bred and educated in Walworth, and is the author of many bestselling novels including the ever-popular cockney sagas featuring the Adams family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 427 pages
• Publisher: Corgi (January 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552132993
• ISBN-13: 978-0552132992
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #913,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First book in a great series, October 15, 2004

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M. E. Newell (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down Lambeth Way (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) (Paperback)

"Down Lambeth Way" by Mary Jane Staples is the first book in the "Adams" series. This book focus on Robert "Boots" Adams and his family before and during World War 1. The Adams family may be poor, but they always seems to get by even if they have to go the pawnman to though the hard times.
This was a great book and a great beginning to the "Adams series" these books may be hard to find but they are worth it.