Helen Batten: 3 books
The Scarlet Sisters
My nanna’s story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
‘Oh my goodness – another girl Mrs Swain!’
Clara’s normal iron composure broke and she screamed, ‘No! That’s not the bloody deal!’
And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.
When Helen Batten’s marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her...
Sisters of the East End
A 1950s Nurse and Midwife
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
'A second's silence and then an almighty scream. It was the most moving thing I had ever seen . A baby, a real live baby, another human life had entered the world. It didn't seem possible and yet I had witnessed it with my very own eyes.'
Born into a happy working-class North London family...
by Gerry Cottle, Helen Batten
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
Gerry Cottle, a stockbroker's son, ran away to join the circus when he was just 15 and soon married into Britain's oldest circus dynasty. In time, he was the owner of the biggest circus in the world until his growing cocaine addiction led to his arrest and bankruptcy. He recovered, and, ever the showman,...