Friday, November 15, 2019

Monica who


"Read me I was born on your birthday" (said an internal voice...was looking at the date the book came out...)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41977775-monica

"Charles Dickens' great-granddaughter Monica Dickens was the author of twenty-five novels and many classics for children, and one of the most popular writers of her day. Born into the upper classes, as a bored and unhappy debutante in the 1930s she took the incredible step of going into domestic service and then writing a book about it. 'One Pair of Hands,' published in 1939, sold in the millions and has never been out of print. Her subsequent works, calling on her rich experience as a wartime nurse, Spitfire factory worker, GI bride and more, sold in similar numbers but are now largely forgotten."

Author also wrote a biography of Betty MacDonald.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15145566.Anne_Wellman

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