The Flower of Albert Square (Novel)

{{Books|name = The Flower of Albert Square|caption = book cover|author = Hugh Miller|families = Ethel Skinner|year = 1944-1945,1970-1975|pages = 160|chapters = 15|volume = Volume Four|isbn = 978-1-85018-052-0|publisher = Grafton Books (paperbacke) Inner Circle (hardback)|publication date = 1986 (paperback) 1986 (hardback)|preceded = [{"Good Intentions" (Novel)|Good Intentions]] |followed = "Blind Spots" (Novel)Blind Spots}}The Flower of Albert Square is the fourth of twelve novels by EastEnders scriptwriter Hugh Miller based on the TV Series EastEnders that chronicles the life of Ethel Skinner during the Second World War and the Early 1970's. It was first published by Grafton Books in paperback in 1986 and by Inner Circle Books in hardback in 1986.

Cover Blurb
As far as William Skinner was concerned, his wife Ethel was The Flower of Albert Square. But despite her love for William, Ethel has not had an easy life.

They had first met during the war, when Ethel had been staying with relatives after being bombed out. As the years went by, William became seriously ill, and Ethel experienced more and more foreboding as she tried to exercise her gift of clairvoyance.

The Flower of Albert Square tells the moving story of Ethel Skinner- always managing to come up smiling desoite the knocks dealt her by life.

Characters

 * Ethel Skinner
 * William Skinner
 * Harold Legg
 * Lou Beale