Sing for Your Supper

by Rosie Harris

Karen and Tudor Morgan have moved from a small mining community to the bustle and noise of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor longs to be a star entertainer and so Karen gets a job, leaving her husband to look after their young daughter Delia, doing stints at clubs in the evening, whenever he can get them. Until one day Tudor is arrested for begging and Karen is horrified to learn that he has been busking during the day and taking three-year-old Delia with him to collect the money. When Tudor comes out of prison, he gets an honest job but soon he is back to his old ways. And when his life of petty crime quickly turns into something far more sinister, it is all Karen can do to ensure she and her daughter survive.

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Rosie Harris was born in Cardiff and for several years worked in the City Hall. Her husband, Ken, was from Wallasey and after they married they lived on Merseyside for many years.
She has been writing since the 1950’s. In the 1960’s she ran her own agency, Regional Feature Service, writing articles for most of the provincial newspapers.
During the 70’s she became Editorial Controller for a non-fiction house.
In the 1980’s, after publishing a number of non-fiction titles she turned to fiction and during the 1980/90’s had a number of short stories published as well as five books by Sphere under the name Marion Harris.
Since 2002 she has had some 20 books published by Heinemann/Arrow. She sets her books in the 20’s because she has a great admiration for the women who were wives and mothers in those days. They had none of the current time-saving equipment – no washing machines or vacuum cleaners, no instant electric fires or cookers, and certainly no Internet. Their days were long and arduous and often they had to manage on very little money.
In 2005 she was one of the judges when Arrow and Asda collaborated in a major national competition to find the next big saga writer.
Her most recent titles are Love Changes Everything and The Quality of Love. The next, Whispers of Love, will be published in March 2010.

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed reading this book. Storytelling at it's best. Recommended.

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing.

This book is so unbelievable. How anyone could tolerate (as the mother character ) such dreadful behaviour of her husband to her daughter ....ridiculous.

[Lorraine Nurdin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

[June Barber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

This book was the most enjoyed book for a long time really enjoyed Look forward to next book may a fill in book

[Isobel Higgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

I found it very entertaining .A very good outcome in the story line a book.which can be read over again

[Yaroslava Yakovenko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Уся книга ніби суцільний звукофокус, коли історія безперервно тягнеться до кульмінації. Ритм розповіді як пульс метронома. Історія ніби крона багатовікового дуба, розлога і масштабна. Складна і лякаюча історія. Коли життя горе-чоловіка перетворюється у щось більш зловісне, аніж будні шахраїв, справжня мама будь-яким способом буде намагатися захистити свою дитину.

Не треба боятися читати такі книги. Так, від них холоне кров, але часом саме воні здатні показати, що без любові світ сповнюється брутальної пихи, але любов матері здатна на значно важливішу річ: навчити нас не здаватися перед лицем проблем.

[Loretta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this on audio.It was a bit slow to start with,but realy enjoyed.I did feel a bit sorry for Tudor,