Gone Shopping: The Story of Shirley Pitts - Queen of Thieves

by Lorraine Gamman

Voted one of The Guardian's top 10 best crime books of all time and one of the best true crime books ever written according to Stylist

Shirley Pitts, the eldest of six children was born upside down on 24 November 1934. Her 'career' began by thieving bread off doorsteps and coal from coal carts. Her father's bungled attempts at black marketeering and her dipsomaniac mother's inadequacies made Shirley resolve not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448213533
• ISBN13: 9781448213535
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"