Our Rose

by Victor Pemberton

Growing up just around the corner from Islington's Chapel Market, the second of six children born in the tiny flat above Mr Popov's piano factory, red-headed, big-hearted Rose Humble is used to holding her own in the world. When there's a family problem - her father's arrest for thieving, her mother losing her job at the London Transport Staff Canteen - it is Rose who somehow manages to bring the Humbles through the crisis, But as she grows older and war starts to cast its shadow over all their lives, Rose realises there are some problems a quick wit and a ready tongue cannot solve. And she also comes to see that there are people who are not all they seem...

480 pages, Paperback

First published June 8, 1995

About the author

Victor Pemberton was a British writer and television producer. His scriptwriting work included BBC radio plays, and television scripts for the BBC and ITV, including Doctor Who, The Slide and The Adventures of Black Beauty.

His television production work included the British version of Fraggle Rock (second series onwards), and several independent documentaries including the 1989 International Emmy Award-winning Gwen: A Juliet Remembered, about stage actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies.

In addition to novelisations, he wrote many nostalgic novels set in London, prompted by the success of his autobiographical radio drama series Our Family.

In later life he moved to Spain, where he continued to write novels until his death in 2017.

Reviews

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This war time family story was really good, I enjoyed it . The character of Rose was engaging and likeable, she was the one to hold the family together at times of trouble and heartbreak .
There were some really sad parts in this book and the author describes the horrors of war very vividly . I have read other books in this family's saga by Victor Pemberton and have liked them all .

[Neha Azhar-Fahad · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am devastated.

Another war-time saga, another family, another country and hundred more tragic stories. I have fallen in love with this genre. I feel the pain those families go through during the devastating times. War is truly an abomination. A horror.