First Love, Last Love [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Judith Saxton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1993

Sybil, Lizzie and Georgie Cream have enjoyed a happy childhood in the fishing village where they live. When the war comes to East Anglia, so does Fenn Kitzmen of the American Air Force. He and Sybil take an instant liking to each other, but while he is away tragedy strikes.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Energetic characters in believable situations and an intensely evoked sense of place give life to Saxton's ( The Pride ) WW II-era tale of three British families. In the 1930s , Henry and Dora Cream earn an adequate living from North Sea fishing, and are proud of their two daughters: Lizzie, a stunningly attractive teenager, and Sybil, 10, who is plain-looking but exceptionally bright. The girls form close friendships with Ralph and Christina Winterton, whose wealthy family summers near the Creams' seaside cottage. While these four youngsters become inextricably bound, a brash Jewish boy named Fenn Kitzman flees his abusive relatives in Manchester and stows away on a freighter bound for New York. The war brings profound changes. Ralph's unsavory side is revealed and Lizzie becomes tragically estranged from her close-knit family. On a windswept beach, Fenn, now an American pilot based in England, meets Sybil. Saxton's keenly observed settings and period details, ranging from a spot "where the gorse grows and the larks nest" to the carefully described contents of a fisherman's cottage, give this story gratifying immediacy.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 730 pages
• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books; Lrg edition (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750504943
• ISBN-13: 978-0750504942
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,421,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)