Growing Up is the story of ladies, gentlemen, and their irrepressible children keeping the war at bay in their country town. Trying to do their part as World War II ravages Europe, Sir Harry and Lady Waring open their estate to convalescing soldiers - bringing romance, drama, and subtle life lessons to the Warings' young niece and her friends.
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About the Author:
Angela Thirkell was born in London in 1890. Mrs. Thirkell did not begin writing novels until her return to Britain in 1930; then, for the rest of her life, she produced a new book almost every year until her death in 1961.
Review:
That Angela Thirkell is a wily one....You read her, relaxed and smiling from the first word to the last. And at the end you find she has managed somehow or other to slip your guard a comprehensive and solid impression of life in an English village during wartime. That's art! -- Book Week
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- PublisherMoyer Bell Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1559211490
- ISBN 13 9781559211499
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages297
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