A touching story of love and loss On the eve of war in 1939, Mirren Stewart, a newly qualified young teacher, must now face up to the fact that her beloved father is getting older and needs her care. She has neither the time nor the inclination, it seems, for love or romance. But when two very different young men enter her life Mirren belatedly grows up and, ultimately, discovers her true self.
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It's 1939 in Glasgow, and Mirrin Stewart is all set to begin her new job as a teacher. Not so long ago, she lost her mother to cancer, and as she spends more time with her father, she realizes that he is becoming forgetful and difficult. They're all each other has, except for some relatives in the country, whom they visit. While her father enjoys himself, Mirrin meets Jack. He's very confident and forward, and Mirrin, who has led a sheltered life, is simultaneously attracted and confused. Back home, Mirrin tries to prepare herself and her father for her absence when she begins her new job across town, but, increasingly agitated, he falls down the stairs to his death. Now alone in the world, Mirrin falls for Jaime, but he is preoccupied with the war and soon joins the RAF. Jack is still in the picture, but once again Mirrin's world is about to fall apart. How she deals with change--and how she changes--makes this a stirring story. Lynne Welch
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Frances Paige won the Romantic Novelists Award in 1974 for her book Vote for a Silk Gown. Since then she has written many more novels, mostly set in either Scotland or France, all of which have been hugely popular.
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