A Child of Her Time

by Maggie Bennett (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.25

  Set in the aftermath of the Great War A Child of Her Time is a story of prejudice, passion and one woman's struggle to fight for what she really wants in life - against all oddsAt twenty-five and an assistant infant teacher, Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents in a quiet Hampshire village. Like so many of her generation she lost her beloved brothers in the Great War and she feels her life is empty and her future without hope. Desperate to break out of her mundane existence she decides to take up the position of nursery maid in the home of the acclaimed playwright Harold Berridge in Richmond. Befriended by the actress Maud Ling she falls passionately in love with Maud's younger brother Teddy. But Teddy is in love with an American actress and a tragedy in the Berridge household forces a heart-broken Phyllis to leave and take up employment at Oakleigh House, a private maternity home. Finding she has a natural aptitude for midwifery Phyllis begins to start enjoying life again. But her world is turned upside down once again when she is invited to a party at Maud Ling's film studios and falls under the spell of the charming American actor, Denvers Towers, with disastrous consequences -

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  Set in the aftermath of the Great War A Child of Her Time is 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...