Miss Clare remembers ;, and, Emily Davis
Type
Classification
1
Creator
1
Subject
4
Content
1
resource.hasPart
1
Is derivative of
1
Label
Miss Clare remembers ;, and, Emily Davis
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Miss Clare remembers ;
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
and, Emily Davis
Summary
In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt grief when a village family was lost on the Titanic. They each experienced young love and then heartbreak when the First World War interrupted both of their romances. The triumphs and tragedies of their days are depicted with all the humor, heartbreak, and human warmth for which Miss Read is known, providing a sensitive portrait of life in the country
Target audience
adult
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1