Lillian's life spans the 20th century, born in Suffolk in 1900, in service at the age of 12, her life is greatly changed by WW1 and even more by WW2. These experiences colour the rest of her long life. The Great Depression, the post-war austerity years, the assassination of JFK, Neil Armstrong's moon walk, the miners' strike and the death of Princess Diana are amongst the cultural and political events of this turbulent century. These are recorded through their effect on the lives of Lillian and her beloved family. Sally Patricia Gardner writing with great affection for an endearing character,...
Lillian's life spans the 20th century, born in Suffolk in 1900, in service at the age of 12, her life is greatly changed by WW1 and even more by WW2. ...
History is Herstory The Sweetest Empire is the story of women's fight to achieve the vote, told through the lives of six women. It tells of the enforced labour and child prostitution of Victorian times, the sufferings of the Suffragettes, the bravery of women nursing at the Front in WW1, and many other aspects of women's history. The novel vividly portrays the legal and moral constrictions that have existed for women from Victorian times through to the 1960's. The fictional framework encompasses real people including Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison and is dedicated to 'successive...
History is Herstory The Sweetest Empire is the story of women's fight to achieve the vote, told through the lives of six women. It tells of the enfor...
Painting by Numbers In the 1950's, when she is only 16, a cataclysmic event in Juliet's life causes her and her gay friend, Neil, to make a pact that they will never reveal the truth of what has happened to her. This well intentioned lie eventually throws a huge and destructive shadow over several generations until Juliet is faced with one of the most terrible choices a mother could make. Told from four points of view, the story begins in the 1930's and ends in the present day. Reviews for Sally Patricia Gardner's novels: It was a fantastic read, all the characters are extremely well rounded...
Painting by Numbers In the 1950's, when she is only 16, a cataclysmic event in Juliet's life causes her and her gay friend, Neil, to make a pact that ...
Married and with two children, although still only in her early twenties, Cordelia feels that life is passing her by. A chance meeting with John Keane, a maker of television commercials, who promises Cordelia that he will change her life does just that. Soon she is the nation's domestic goddess and trying to cope with some unexpected consequences, which include her relationship with tall, dark and handsome Sebastian, who just happens to be a priest.. Reviews for Sally Patricia Gardner's novels: (Sally Patricia Gardner) really can write, I was reluctant to finish this lovely book... Tom Baker...
Married and with two children, although still only in her early twenties, Cordelia feels that life is passing her by. A chance meeting with John Keane...
I was five years old when my mother told me that she was not my mother ... This is the first line of Daisy's story which begins in 1916, when she is wrenched from her 'family', and plunged into a strange and confusing childhood. Her difficult relationship with her mother continues to overshadow the adult Daisy, especially in her often injudicious interactions with the men in her life. The enigmatic 'Sir', a benign but occasional presence in her childhood, encourages her fascination with photography, which leads her into a career that takes her to many dangerous places in Britain and Europe....
I was five years old when my mother told me that she was not my mother ... This is the first line of Daisy's story which begins in 1916, when she is w...
