![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will be captivated by Ellen’s story, which is bolstered by a swift plot and characters who realistically and memorably grow. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and studied Arabic at Oxford, before traveling to Cairo to translate modern Egyptian novelists, including Naguib M. Ellen glimpses similarities between Pamela and Penny, and they form a life-changing friendship. Liardet is a masterful observer of the telling minutiae of life, from gestures and speech to the familiar things that surround us and from which we draw meaning. Frances Liardet is a child of children of the Second World War. Over 30 years later, Ellen befriends Penny Lacey, a lonely young boarding school student in Upton. Though distraught by Pamela’s departure, Ellen survives the devastation around her with the love and support of Selwyn, her childhood friend Lucy Horne, and other villagers who have been a constant presence in Ellen’s life. Ellen treats Pamela as the daughter she never had (Selwyn is impotent) for the next few years, until Pamela is eight and a relative of Pamela’s finds her and takes her to live with family members. In 1940, while helping evacuees of a nearby bombing who have arrived at Upton by bus, Ellen meets Pamela Pickering, a young child left alone on the bus. Ellen Parr is married to Selwyn, owner of the local mill in the village of Upton, near Southampton. British author and translator Liardet’s moving American debut, set in WWII England, follows a childless woman discovering joy after she begins caring for a young girl. ![]()
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