The Sugar Girls
| Author | Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Tate & Lyle, The East End |
| Published | 2012 (Collins) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 352pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-744847-0 |
| Followed by | GI Brides |
| Website | http://www.thesugargirls.com |
The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End is a work of narrative non-fiction based on interviews with women who worked in Tate & Lyle's East End factories in Silvertown from the mid-1940s onwards. Written by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, it was published by Collins in 2012. The authors were inspired to write it by Jennifer Worth's Call the Midwife.