As featured on BBC Radio 2 Rylan on Saturday - Radio 4 Front Row - BBC Breakfast *

She's a born survivor

Life is tough for Queenie growing up in the war-torn backstreets of Whitechapel, but she learns what it takes to survive.

And she'll do anything to protect her family . . .

With a useless husband and sons of her own to feed, Queenie raises her boys to be strong, to fight for the life she never had.

And when they grow up, they'll make sure their mother's name becomes East End legend.

This is Queenie
This is her story