Melanie McGrath is the author of three previous books, ‘Motel Nirvana’, ‘Hard, Soft & Wet’ and ‘Silvertown’. She is a regular contributor for the Guardian, Independent and the Express. She lives in Vauxhall, London.

'McGrath tells her story in a novelist's idiom, and the result is extraordinarily powerful and curiously resonant. Like much of the East End, Silvertown today is in the process of an astonishing transformation. The curse on the area has been lifted. But McGrath has beautifully recorded the old Silvertown just before it disappears for ever.' Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph 'This is a remarkable account of the social history of the East End. It provides a rare bridge between those two separate Londons; for while the story belongs to a mysterious past, the style and sophistication is strikingly contemporary.' Anthony Sampson, Guardian

Melanie McGrath is the author of three previous books, ‘Motel Nirvana’, ‘Hard, Soft & Wet’ and ‘Silvertown’. She is a regular contributor for the Guardian, Independent and the Express. She lives in Vauxhall, London.

'McGrath tells her story in a novelist's idiom, and the result is extraordinarily powerful and curiously resonant. Like much of the East End, Silvertown today is in the process of an astonishing transformation. The curse on the area has been lifted. But McGrath has beautifully recorded the old Silvertown just before it disappears for ever.' Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph 'This is a remarkable account of the social history of the East End. It provides a rare bridge between those two separate Londons; for while the story belongs to a mysterious past, the style and sophistication is strikingly contemporary.' Anthony Sampson, Guardian

Melanie McGrath is the author of three previous books, ‘Motel Nirvana’, ‘Hard, Soft & Wet’ and ‘Silvertown’. She is a regular contributor for the Guardian, Independent and the Express. She lives in Vauxhall, London.

'McGrath tells her story in a novelist's idiom, and the result is extraordinarily powerful and curiously resonant. Like much of the East End, Silvertown today is in the process of an astonishing transformation. The curse on the area has been lifted. But McGrath has beautifully recorded the old Silvertown just before it disappears for ever.' Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph 'This is a remarkable account of the social history of the East End. It provides a rare bridge between those two separate Londons; for while the story belongs to a mysterious past, the style and sophistication is strikingly contemporary.' Anthony Sampson, Guardian