Penny Plain
O. Douglas
life
conscience
brothers
Scottish Borders
romance
Children's fiction
Siblings, fiction
Indians of north america, fiction
Priorsford (based on Peebles in Scotland)
A few years after World War I (written at that time)
A most enjoyable book about a girl of 23 who is bringing up 3 brothers in a small town in the Scottish Borders soon after the First World War. A very interesting picture of life at that time in that place, and at that social level (enough money for a live-in servant, but not fashionable living). An engaging heroine, with many and varied friends. Her social conscience, and the tales of the pasts of her friends, broaden the picture we get of life at the time. But it is the story of a girl and her heart, not a history lesson. With a little poking fun at some of the characters one might meet in a small town.
This book has a sequel "Priorsford", and another book set close by, "Pink Sugar", mentions some of the same characters in the time between the other two books and has been sometimes packaged with them as an omnibus.
Anna Buchan
life
conscience
brothers
Scottish Borders
romance
Children's fiction
Siblings, fiction
Indians of north america, fiction
Priorsford (based on Peebles in Scotland)
A few years after World War I (written at that time)
A most enjoyable book about a girl of 23 who is bringing up 3 brothers in a small town in the Scottish Borders soon after the First World War. A very interesting picture of life at that time in that place, and at that social level (enough money for a live-in servant, but not fashionable living). An engaging heroine, with many and varied friends. Her social conscience, and the tales of the pasts of her friends, broaden the picture we get of life at the time. But it is the story of a girl and her heart, not a history lesson. With a little poking fun at some of the characters one might meet in a small town.
This book has a sequel "Priorsford", and another book set close by, "Pink Sugar", mentions some of the same characters in the time between the other two books and has been sometimes packaged with them as an omnibus.
Penny Plain
Dec 17, 2007
Penny Plain
January 30, 2005
Penny plain
1925
Penny Plain
February 26, 2007
P enny Plain.
1947
Penny plain
1936
Penny Plain (Large Print Edition)
January 30, 2007
Penny Plain
January 30, 2005
Penny Plain
January 30, 2005
Penny plain.
1962
Penny Plain
August 9, 2007
Penny plain
1926
Penny plain
1994
Penny Plain
November 3, 2006
Penny Plain
August 9, 2007
Penny Plain
June 1974
Penny Plain
May 30, 2006
Penny Plain
May 30, 2006
Penny Plain
1920
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