Dee Williams es una apasionada defensora de la vida sostenible y una maestra dedicada a la popularización de las casas diminutas y las prácticas de construcción ecológica. A través de sus talleres y como copropietaria de Portland Alternative Dwellings, inspira a otros a adoptar una menor huella ecológica y a fomentar una mayor conexión comunitaria. Su trabajo y filosofía han llegado a una amplia audiencia a través de diversos medios de comunicación, lo que demuestra su capacidad para influir en las perspectivas sobre la vivienda y el estilo de vida. Williams encarna una visión para el futuro donde la sostenibilidad, la simplicidad y la comunidad son fundamentales en nuestra forma de vivir.
It's 1919 when Ruby's father returns shell-shocked from the frontlines. Ruby is forced to leave school and work in a local laundry. Her mind is set on her childhood sweetheart and the possibility of romance.
When a naive encounter at a Coronation party leaves sixteen-year-old Janet Slater pregnant there's no question in her scandalised parents' mind of her keeping the baby. Bundled off to a home for unmarried mothers in South London, Janet is about to face the hardest moment of her sheltered life alone. Forced to give her tiny daughter up for adoption, Janet promises her that one day, come what may, she'll find her... In the years that follow it seems, however hard Janet tries, it is a promise that will be impossible to keep. Nonetheless, she builds her life around her secret and Paula, her lost daughter, is never far from her thoughts. And one day, her searching pays off - the road to their longed-for reunion seems clear. But then a new shadow falls across the fragile happiness of both their lives...
A touching story of a waoman's struggle to create a true home for her young family in the heart of the East End