{"product_id":"my-east-end-memories-of-life-in-cockney-london","title":"Gilda O'Neill: My East End [2000] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eGilda O'Neill's \u003ci\u003eThe East End \u003c\/i\u003etraces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon's East End it is a place at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. Gilda O'Neill, an East Ender herself shows there is more to this fascinating area than a collection of cliched images. Using oral history and more traditional sources she builds up a powerful image of this community - bringing to us, with wit and honesty, the real story of London's East End.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Every page is a delight. Every chapter made vivid by a writer who has poured heart and soul into her book' \u003ci\u003eDaily\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A rich tapestry... a finely detailed examination of our not so distant past. Her book is as much a piece of history as the accounts it contains' \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilda O'Neill was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She wrote full-time and continued to live in the East End with her husband and family. Sadly she died on 24 September 2010 after a short illness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'neill, Gilda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51524873191763,"sku":"9780140259506","price":22.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51524897767763,"sku":"XG80140259506","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-neill-gilda-gilda-o-neill-my-east-end-2000-paperback-1182628055.jpg?v=1754091558","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/my-east-end-memories-of-life-in-cockney-london","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}