Another winner from this ever-popular author - When Dawn Stephens parents are killed in an accident, she is transplanted from her home in Canada to the small seaside town of Sturvendor in Somerset, to live with her uncle and aunt. She makes friends with her cousin Serena, and soon settles in well at the local school, but Dawn still feels very alone in this strange new world.
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Orphaned suddenly at 14, comfortably situated Canadian Dawn Stephens is pitchforked into a new family, school, and culture when her English aunt Fran offers her a home in Somerset. An aspiring actress, Dawn revels in melodrama. Discovering a secluded bay, she rehearses for the starring roles she envisions. But at age 17, she meets Sandy, a self-indulgent young artist, and becomes ensnared in a codependent relationship with a man who demands all and promises nothing, abandoning her career and family to follow him blindly. Popular and prolific Tanner’s coming-of-age tale was her debut effort. Written in 1971 and unpublished until now, it provides an unusual perspective on the attitudes of and options available to young English women in the 1960s, while examining the nature of a truly loving relationship, in contrast with the many unhappy deviations from that ideal found in even the best of families. --Lynne Welch
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Orphaned suddenly at 14, comfortably situated Canadian Dawn Stephens is pitchforked into a new family, school, and culture when her English Aunt Fran offers her a home in Somerset. An aspiring actress, Dawn revels in melodrama. Discovering a secluded bay, she rehearses for the starring roles she envisions. But at age 17, she meets Sandy, a self-indulgent young artist, and becomes ensnared in a co-dependent relationship with a man who demands all and promises nothing, abandoning her career and family to follow him blindly. Popular and prolific Tanner's coming-of-age tale was her debut effort. Written in 1971 and unpublished until now, it provides a unusul perspective on the attitudes of and options available to young English women in the 1960s, while examining the nature of a truly loving relationship, in contrast with the many unhappy deviations from that ideal found in even the best of families. --Booklist, 1st December 2009
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