Eating Stone Soup (The Streets of Cardiff #2)

Ivy Benson has discovered that she is married to a monster. One dark night in 1951 Ivy leaves her violent home in Wilson road and runs for her life. Terrified and desperate to escape from her husband Jimmy, Ivy knows that she must take her daughter June to safety. Carrying only a few meagre belongings Ivy seeks refuge with her mother Betty in Inkerman street.

Soon Ivy will learn the shocking truth about her own parentage, and discover a tragic love story ending in heartache that Betty has kept hidden from her daughter all her life. Betty's revelation will rock Ivy's world and cause disturbing ripples to cascade into the lives of people Ivy holds dear.

Will Ivy ever escape her husband's grasp? With help from her mother Betty, and her beloved Aunty Phoebe can Ivy ever hope for a happier life safe from the reach of Jimmy Benson? Will Ivy ever find love and happiness and can she make a new life for herself and her disabled daughter on the gritty Streets of Cardiff?

A powerful tale of love, revenge and struggle for survival that will stir the heart strings.