Katherine Summers Katherine Summers i(A56246 works by) (birth name: Katherine Abbott)
Born: Established: 1961
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1991
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1 Criminal Child Katherine Summers , single work
1 4 y separately published work icon Desperate Hearts Katherine Summers , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2005 Z1186099 2005 single work autobiography

'Desperate Hearts tells the story of Katherine Summers and her three sisters growing up in London’s East End in the 1960s. Their violent father is caught up in the gangland world of dodgy deals, murder and the notorious Kray brothers. Times get tough, Katherine’s father forces her mother into prostitution, and the family falls apart when her mother goes into hiding and sends her little girls into institutional care. But with the support of each other and help from an unexpected source, Katherine and her sisters gradually rebuild their lives, ending their school days in an exclusive girls school. Then, on St Valentine’s Day 1974, from an upstairs window, Katherine witnesses her father shoot her mother’s lover dead in the street below. Written with a remarkably light touch, quiet humour and self-deprecating charm, Desperate Hearts is an absorbing journey in search of the past and a lost father.' (Publisher's description)

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