A Pocket Full of Monkey-Nuts

Set on the windswept banks of the River Severn, Joyce Taylor’s vivid memoir paints a rich portrait of post-war village life, social change, and personal awakening. As a girl growing up in the 1940s and ’50s, she faced everything from rural poverty to parental coldness — and yet found joy in the small moments that defined a generation.*A Pocket Full of Monkey-Nuts* is both a love letter to a lost England and a tribute to the strength of ordinary women. Fans of *Call the Midwife* and *Toast* by Nigel Slater will feel instantly at home in this world of ration books, harvests, and hard-won wisdom.A nostalgic, heartwarming true story of resilience and rebirth.