Girl with dove : a life built by books
Bayley, Sally2018
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Growing up in a dilapidated house by the sea where men were forbidden, Sally's childhood world was filled with mystery and intrigue. Hippies trailed through the kitchen looking for God - their leader was Aunt Di, who ruled the house with charismatic force. When Sally's baby brother vanishes from his pram, she becomes suspicious of the activities going on around her. What happened to Baby David and the woman called Poor Sue? And where did all the people singing and wailing prayers in the front room suddenly go? Disappearing into a world of books and reading, Sally adopts the tried and tested methods of Miss Marple. Taking books for hints and clues, she turns herself into a reading detective. Her discovery of Jane Eyre marks the beginning of a vivid journey through Victorian literature where she also finds the kind, eccentric figure of Charles Dickens' Betsey Trotwood.
Main title:
Girl with dove : a life built by books / Sally Bayley.
Author:
Bayley, Sally, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2018.
Collation:
xiv, 266 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008226855 (hbk)
Dewey class:
028.9092
Language:
English
BRN:
2659661
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