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Detective Inspector Webster: What is it that you do, Mrs Drake? Long pause Vera: I help young girls out. 'Vera is a force of nature in a floral pinny, ministering tea and sympathy to anyone who needs it in a down-at-heel postwar London. She also has a secret. Vera is a backstreet abortionist' - Wendy Ide, "Times". 'This could be Mike Leigh's masterpiece: that is, his masterpiece so far, because at 61 years old, he shows every sign of entering a glorious late period of artistry and power' - Peter Bradshaw, "Guardian".
