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EastEnders #1
EastEnders: Home Fires Burning
1st edition Grafton 1985 , paperback original fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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Hugh Miller
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October 15, 2019Remember it for the vivid description of the bombing of London during World War II.
March 7, 2025
I really enjoyed this. I don’t watch Eastenders these days but it was always on during my childhood and into my teenage years.
The first in a series of 12 novels, of which I plan to collect, that give a deeper insight into the lives of the early characters before the show started in 1985.
The first in a series of 12 novels, of which I plan to collect, that give a deeper insight into the lives of the early characters before the show started in 1985.
March 24, 2011
Because I'm hilarious, that's why!
As to the book itself: It breezes by, as you'd expect; it's pretty lightweight, but enjoyable for what it is. There's virtually no plot to speak of - no overarching story - but rather just a pleasant character study of Lou Beale and Dr. Legg as young people in World War II. The writing could have been terrible, and frankly I expected it to be so - but while it's certainly not award-winning prose, there were no annoying tics or other distracting examples of bad writing as I might have figured. All in all, it's literary fluff - yet FAR more enjoyable an experience than I would have guessed!
As to the book itself: It breezes by, as you'd expect; it's pretty lightweight, but enjoyable for what it is. There's virtually no plot to speak of - no overarching story - but rather just a pleasant character study of Lou Beale and Dr. Legg as young people in World War II. The writing could have been terrible, and frankly I expected it to be so - but while it's certainly not award-winning prose, there were no annoying tics or other distracting examples of bad writing as I might have figured. All in all, it's literary fluff - yet FAR more enjoyable an experience than I would have guessed!
September 17, 2020
The war time lives of original EastEnders characters Lou Beale and Dr. Legg are told in this short book.
These are written very much in the same style as the more current Coronation Street and Emmerdale war time novels but at only 174 pages it moves at a quick pace and would have benefited from some more padding. The book doesn't shy away from its description of war and its effects.
Worth a look if you are into the war time books that are popular at the moment.
These are written very much in the same style as the more current Coronation Street and Emmerdale war time novels but at only 174 pages it moves at a quick pace and would have benefited from some more padding. The book doesn't shy away from its description of war and its effects.
Worth a look if you are into the war time books that are popular at the moment.
May 1, 2022
Poor Dr Legg!
Lou Beale needs to get over her self.
Lou Beale needs to get over her self.
March 16, 2019
Fantastic, just as good as watching it!!!
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