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Her début novel, Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts was inspired by the lives and times of her grandparents in World War One Bermondsey and went on to become a top ten Kindle best seller. It was selected as one of twenty titles for World Book Night 2015.
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I am the author of seven published novels, Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts, Jam and Roses, Gunner Girls and Fighter Boys, Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams, Hattie's Home, A Sister's Struggle and my latest, The Bermondsey Bookshop.
Mary Gibson is a former publisher who writes historical fiction set in World War One and Two Bermondsey, London. Her books include Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts, Jam and Roses, and The Bermondsey Book.
A new world opens up, but with it come new dangers, too. Based on the true story of the Bermondsey Bookshop, this is the most inspiring and gripping novel Mary Gibson has yet written.
Author Mary Gibson's list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability.
Nov 1, 2014 · Mary Gibson. Three sisters are growing up in 1920s Bermondsey - the larder of London - with its bustling docks, its spice mill, tannery and factories. Southwells jam factory is where many of the girls work. And Milly Colman knows she's lucky.
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Feb 6, 2020 · Mary Gibson. 3.94. 1,839 ratings244 reviews. Bermondsey, 1920s: After her mother's death, Kate is taken in by her father's sister, the quick-tempered Aunt Sylvie. Already struggling to feed children of her own, Aunt Sylvie treats Kate like an unwanted burden.
