No Cake, No Jam

Marian Hughes was born the year her father committed suicide. She spent most of her childhood in an orphanage. When Marian was 10, her mother whisked off her and her siblings to a filthy flat off Baker Street. Marian's mother forgot to feed them, and paid no attention to school or the bombing. Marian soon turned to begging and stealing to help the family get by. Then the day came when Marian had to sign the papers to have her deranged mother committed. From that moment, 14-year-old Marian had to find out if she was strong enough to live for herself...