Autobiographical narrative provides authentic insight into early 20th-century English life
Detailed depiction of parenthood and domestic struggles offers a unique perspective
No grandiloquent plot, instead focusing on ordinary human experiences
First published in 1933, making it a significant literary work
Hand-printed endpaper and original 1933 cover design enhance collectible value
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WITH A PUBLISHER'S NOTE 344pp ISBN 9781903155318
This quiet, beautifully written first novel follows the life of a young woman from 1915, when she has her first baby, until 1933. Catherine's husband is invalided out of the army and buys a doctor's practice in an Oxfordshire village, where the young couple bring up their three children and