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Sue Wilsher

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Sue Wilsher grew up in South Essex near a shoe factory and the Thames estuary. The factory housed its workers, including Sue's grandparents and mother. Sue now lives in Kent with her family.

Sue's debut novel When My Ship Comes In is set in 1950s Essex and centres around a downtrodden docker's wife who joins a young wives club and is challenged to train for a 'man's job'. She must decide whether to sacrifice her dreams of a better life to keep her family together.

Her second novel, The Empire Girls, is also set in 1950s Essex and is a moving story of heartbreak and friendship. The Empire is a pub run by Vi, Doris's mother, but when Doris falls pregnant 'out of wedlock' she is kicked out and forced to fend for herself. As a homeless single mo
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Average rating: 4.26 · 689 ratings · 57 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Tilbury Poppies

4.34 avg rating — 402 ratings4 editions
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When My Ship Comes In

4.06 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions
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The Empire Girls

4.31 avg rating — 94 ratings8 editions
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The Copperettes at War

4.03 avg rating — 68 ratings5 editions
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