Red Sequins

by Sally Worboyes

A gripping saga evoking the spirit of the 1970s East End, from the author of Room for a Lodger and Banished from Bow.Sandy Brent's life is blown apart the day her husband offers to drive her to work. On the way he tells her that their marriage is over and that he's seeing someone else. Sandy's refusal to believe that it's finished sends Roy into a frenzy - and the car into a head-on collision., When she wakes in hospital, Sandy is alone, and must start her life over from scratch. She decides to head back to her roots in the colourful East End and set up her own boutique. But someone is set on bringing her down: her own sister, Ruth., Deeply angry towards Sandy because of a childhood secret, Ruth is determined to see her sister run aground. Gathering her new friends and neighbours around to combat Ruth's warped machinations, Sandy needs to draw on strength she never knew she had. Then disaster strikes again...

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Sally Worboyes was born and grew up in Stepney with four brothers and a sister, and she brings some of the raw history of her own family background to her East End sagas. She now lives in Norfolk with her husband, with whom she has three grown-up children. She has written several plays which have been broadcast on Anglia Television and Radio Four. She also adapted her own play and novel, WILD HOPS, as a musical, The Hop Pickers.

Reviews

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. A very good read

[NB Saren · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's a nice book beautifully written and well described. I think it's a realistic novel based on someone's life. It's still wonderful how the author keep us reading this book. It's a bit of lengthy to read. The is twist at every chapter. And is a complete package for rollercoaster emotions. It has love, sad, guilty, greed, and forgiveness. This book is full of emotions. I liked it. The character's are also well written like Johnnie, Freda and Maureen. Personally I liked Maureen because in life we all want someone like Maureen who help us getback to the reality that whatever happens in life however bad it is we have to move on because it's our life that we have to live.

[Maureen Farrugia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best looking edition from the others.

Newly discovered author when in the pound shop:)
One of the reasons this book captured my interest was because of the local to me East End setting:)

Another interest and discovery was the fact that the author writes that the hipsters Started moving into to the East End years before I had thought.

If I could time travel, I would be a millionaire, due to the price of property then (the book is set in the 1970s) and the mega £££ East End property is now.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this an easy quick read . First time reading anything by Sally Worboyes and liked the plot based in the East End of London.
This is a family saga , based around 2 sisters in the Brown family , and the author has included themes of tragedy , abuse , theft and fraud , into the storyline .
An inviting cover lures the reader into this well written book and I found myself turning the pages well into the night
Anyone who enjoys the ups and downs in a family will find this a good read and I recommend it for a wide age group

[Asmaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much sorrow i thought id love finding out about kay and zacchi from other books but not happy ending i wanted her dying in car crash that starts this book it seems harsh when it could have been any random stranger to use charecter from other book i loved

[Laura Bagnall · Rating 2 out of 5]

started satur morning 26 june 2021 at libr if it rains this weekend it will be read in huge chunks
sandy starts her separated life and there so the story starts roy her husb is killed whilst he is telling her oftheir marriage split
10 july still reading on train ruth the sister has some shocking childhood news and the fam is really split
sandy has got a good life and good people around her
a few love interests which dont really go anywhere she is busy with dress making her parents dont want her to get into debt by mortg and things but she does it anyway am really liking it sally worboyes i am reading more of your work