The Flight of the Maidens
Author: Jane Gardam
This delightful novel describes the post-war summer of 1946 — and follows the growing-up of three young women in the months between leaving school and taking up their scholarships at university. Una Vane goes bicycling with Ray, the boy who delivers the fish and milk. Hetty Fallowes struggles to become independent of her possessive, loving, tactless mother. And Lieselotte….Read More
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