Fenny

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Rediscover the brilliance of Fenny in the Mermaid Collection - timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today's readers.</b></p><p><b>'The Mermaid Collection is so sure footed that you're unlikely to go wrong' India Knight</b><br><b>A richly evocative coming-of-age novel, Fenny follows a young English governess who falls deeply in love with Tuscany in 1933, even as she faces the pain of unrequited love and the shadows of political unrest.<br><br>With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey<br><br>'Heartwarming, atmospheric, a perfect summer read' </b>Kate Mosse <br><b>'The strange city through which they drove was the scenery of a dream . . .'</b><br><br>Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad.<br><br>But when her mother dies, this young woman finds herself taking a position as governess to an English girl in Florence in the summer of 1933. <br><br>Little does Ellen realise how this girl, Juliet, and her family will claim her.<br><br>For as the summer passes, Ellen falls so in love with Italy and her new home that she cannot bear to leave - even when her own hopes of love are cruelly thwarted. <br><br>Even when the shadow of war falls across the country, she doesn't flee but clings on - for her friends, for those she loves more than herself.<br><br>Ellen - selfless, big-hearted, accepting - cannot know what is coming. Yet, she will not face it alone . . .<br><br><b>Praise for Lettice Cooper:</b><br><b>'A writer of quiet but strong, deep and varied gifts' <i>Sunday Telegraph </i></b><br><b> 'A storyteller of adventures of the heart' Jilly Cooper</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781405984157

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

191 x 132 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)