Miss Carter's War |
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| Author:
| Hancock, Sheila |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4088-4360-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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It is 1948 and the young and beautiful Marguerite Carter has lost her parents and survived a terrifying war, working for the SOE behind enemy lines. She returns to England to be one of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Cambridge. Now she pins back her unruly auburn curls, draws a pencil seam up her legs, ties the laces on her sensible black shoes, and sets out towards her future as an English teacher in a girls' grammar school. Outside the classroom Britain is...
More DescriptionIt is 1948 and the young and beautiful Marguerite Carter has lost her parents and survived a terrifying war, working for the SOE behind enemy lines. She returns to England to be one of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Cambridge. Now she pins back her unruly auburn curls, draws a pencil seam up her legs, ties the laces on her sensible black shoes, and sets out towards her future as an English teacher in a girls' grammar school. Outside the classroom Britain is changing fast, and Miss Carter finds herself caught up in social upheaval, swept in and out of love and forging deep, enduring friendships.