Far from the East End

From the rundown streets of the East End to the Welsh countryside, will little evacuee Iris ever find somewhere to belong?
_x000D_ Born in 1938 under the threat of looming war, Iris spent her early years in Dagenham, playing in the rubble of bombed buildings by day and cowering in a dusty shelter at night. But the hardships of poverty and the dreaded Blitz could not match the pain she felt from her parents' indifference. She prayed that just once her mother would hold her when the bombs rained down. But her loneliness only intensified when she was evacuated.
_x000D_ Funny, moving and heart-warming, little Iris 's tale is the story of a lonely girl's long journey in search of a place to call home.