Kiss Kiss

By Gwen Grant

Set in the 1950s, when sixteen year old Lamour stumbles across a secret love affair she finds herself in great danger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gwen Grant
• Release date: Jan 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465708274

Gwen Grant

I have been writing for over 40 years and have loved every minute. I started writing poetry, then radio short stories, then books. My first novel, PRIVATE-KEEP OUT has been called 'the funniest children's book ever written' by Lucy Mangan of The Guardian newspaper. I've won the ACORN AWARD for picture books and have been short-listed for many other awards.At present, I am working on a new children's novel and have just finished the first draft of an adult novel.

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Kiss Kiss

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Gwen Grant

Copyright 2012 by Gwen Grant

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Set in the 1950s, when sixteen year old Lamour stumbles across a secret love affair she finds herself in great danger.

24th December 1956

So, here I am, sixteen years old and fed up to the back teeth. There was no good fairy at my christening. Probably fell down a hole because there are plenty of holes round here to fall into.

This is a town of holes.

Pits all round us and miners and pit lads who come in here looking like Pandas with their eyes ringed with coal dust.

‘Ounce ‘a baccy, duck,’ they go, staring at me with bloodshot eyes circled with black.

They get washed at the pit baths and forget they’ve got eyes.

This is one of the best winters I remember because when I look out of the shop window, I can see the whole street glittering and snow plastered to the sides of the lamp-posts so that they look like Maypoles, only