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A Child of Her Time

By - Bennett, Maggie
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Century, London, 2004
ISBN 10 - 0099453150
ISBN 13 - 9780099453154
Book Status - 4 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - England--London
Shelf No - 9
Call Number - 823.92 BEN
Physical Description - 432 pages ; 24 cm
Book Information
"Set in the aftermath of the Great War A Child of Her Timeis a story of prejudice, passion and one woman's struggle to fight for what she really wants in life - against all odds At twenty-five, teacher Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents in a quiet Hampshire village. With so many young men lost in the Great War, including her own brothers, her life is empty and her future without hope. Until, desperate to break out of her mundane existence, she decides to take up the position of nursery maid in the London home of acclaimed playwright Harold Berridge. Befriended by the actress Maud Ling and thrown into the glamorous but fickle world of the cinema, Phyllis falls passionately in love with Maud's younger brother Teddy. But Teddy's heart lies elsewhere, and when tragedy strikes the Berridge household a heartbroken Phyllis is forced to leave. Six months later, Phyllis has started to rebuild her life but her world is turned upside down once more when she is invited to a party at Maud Ling's film studios. For there she falls under the spell of the charming but devious American actor Denver Towers, with disastrous consequences..."

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