Published in 1940, this famous author's first novel is a delightful description of a young girl's life in the 1930s. Preface by Harriet Lane.

This novel from 1940 is the touching, humorous story of a young English girl's growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see her at school, on holiday in Somerset, her attempt at drama school, her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man, and finally the arrival of Mr Right.