My Friend Cousin Emmie
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My Friend Cousin Emmie
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Release Date : 1978-05-01
My Friend Cousin Emmie written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Ulverscroft this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-05-01 with Large type books categories.
My Friend Cousin Emmie
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Author : Jane DUNCAN (pseud.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
My Friend Cousin Emmie written by Jane DUNCAN (pseud.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
My Friend Cousin Emmie
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friend Cousin Emmie written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
'Since I lost the baby, you and I have been so close together that we have been almost a single person' Janet Alexander returning by sea to the Caribbean with her husband 'Twice' finds their domestic harmony threatened by the emotional problems of the two young people aboard. Ashore at St Jago the shipboard characters find themselves at the centre of a fast-thickening plot, with Friends old and new joining in against the colourful background of Carnival and sugar-harvest, regattas and plantation life. And on land or sea is Cousin Emmie herself, dominating the scene in her shapeless dresses with her voracious appetite and her uncanny ability to get at the heart of a problem.
My Friend Sashie
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friend Sashie written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
'From the rail I looked down at Sashie's upturned face and the brilliant, early tropical sunlight made me think of the lights upon the stage of a theatre long ago . . .' With these thoughts Janet Sandison says goodbye to the West Indian island that has been her home for many years, for her husband Twice has died, the great house where old Madame Dulac held court for so long is to be sold, changes are coming to the island, and Janet herself is setting out on a new and adventurous life. That she is doing so is due in no small measure to her friend Sashie, the ex-RAF pilot who walks on 'tin legs' and whose tender, sensitive friendship has drawn Janet from the dark limbo of desolation into which her husband's death had plunged her. The flamboyant Sashie is a brilliant and subtle character, as readers of Jane Duncan's previous 'Friends' books know; and in this story of Janet's move to a new life he is revealed with all the perception and clear-sightedness that make Jane Duncan so compelling a story-teller.
Reappraising Jane Duncan
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Author : Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-03-04
Reappraising Jane Duncan written by Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Scottish novelist Jane Duncan's semiautobiographical My Friends series was dismissed by postwar critics as lightweight, at a time when a coterie of "angry young men" monopolized the attention of the British publishing establishment. Yet deeper themes are at play in the 19 novels. Modern readers will recognize feminist motifs, a wide-ranging examination of women's education and work in the 20th century, a woman's view of the rising societal tensions of the 1920s and 1930s, and an outsider's perspective on the racial divide in the soon-to-be-independent West Indies. This book explores Duncan's body of work, out of print for decades, though sought by loyal fans. Her characters run the gamut--drunken tinkers, Lowland housewives, Irish miners, members of the London fast set and English marchionesses, all portrayed with telling detail. Her novels--two of them recently reprinted for a new generation--reveal a charming and perceptive recorder of the changes Great Britain underwent in the past century.
My Friends The Mrs Millers
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friends The Mrs Millers written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
'This Paradise community doesn't seem to me to be the secure, feudal, friendly affair that everybody likes to think. There's a change working . . .' As the turbulent island of St. Jago reaches a turning point in its way of life Janet and Twice Alexander are once again deeply involved in the daily life of the community. Many loved Friends reappear and now added to these are the gentle Mrs Miller from Achcraggan, a link with Janet's childhood; the widowed Mrs Miller in the toils of a mixed marriage, and coloured Mrs Miller who becomes Twice's secretary. When a double crisis occurs in her personal fortunes, Janet finds a new maturity.
My Friends The Misses Kindness
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friends The Misses Kindness written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
After her husband's death and her own breakdown, from which she has been rescued by her good friend Sashie, Janet Sandison sets sail from her West Indian home to return to Scotland and make a new life for herself as an author. She is beset by doubts, but as the days pass aboard R.M.S. Mnemosyne the personalities and dramas of her fellow passengers claim her attention more and more, not least of all the puckish child Helga, and the three elephantine sisters, the Misses Kindness, whose mission in life is to make everyone as much like themselves as possible. Behind their backs they are soon nicknamed 'The Friendly Ones' for, like the Furies of Greek mythology, they must be placated as well as, if possible, avoided. There are other Furies aboard too, for each passenger has his or her private interior demon; but in the young Second Engineer Janet finds an unexpected and rewarding friend, and as the ship draws near to England the threads of all their lives dramatically come together for a while. The deep vein of truth that underlies all Jane Duncan's books is here at its most impressive and, together with her sharp observation of human nature and her story-telling skill, make this one of her most compelling novels.
The Mainstream Companion To Scottish Literature
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Author : Trevor Royle
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-01-06
The Mainstream Companion To Scottish Literature written by Trevor Royle and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It includes over 600 essays on the lives and works of the principal poets, novelists, dramatists critics and men and women of letters who have written in English, Scots or Gaelic. Thus, as well as such major writers as Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Hugh MacDiarmid, the Companion also lists many minor writers whose work might otherwise have been overlooked in any survey of Scottish literature. Also included here are entries on the lives of other more peripheral writers such as historians, philosophers, diarists and divines whose work has made a contribution to Scottish letters. Other essays range over such general subjects as the principal work of major writers, literary movements, historical events, the world of printing and publishing, folklore, journalism, drama and Gaelic. A feature of the book is the inclusion of the bibliography of each writer and reference to the major critical works. This comprehensive guide is an essential tool for the serious student of Scottish literature as well as being an ideal guide and companion for the general reader.
My Friends The Macleans
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friends The Macleans written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
'Janet, what do you mean? What has been going on between you and that bloody boy?' When Janet Alexander learns that young Roddy Maclean intends to defy his parents and become a writer, not an engineer, she readily helps him run away from St Jago. Her impulsive action infuriates Rob and Marion Maclean, and harsh words end a long friendship. Interwoven with Janet's discovery of deeper currents under the placid surface of the Paradise estate, are unrest among the plantation workers, the convalescence of Twice Alexander, and the advent of Madame Dulac's grandson Edward, who falls more than a little in love with Janet. Not until Roddy unexpectedly returns to the island does Janet come to know the truth about her friends the Macleans . . .
My Friends From Cairnton
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Author : Jane Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-08-27
My Friends From Cairnton written by Jane Duncan and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Fiction categories.
'I think you are forgetting one thing, Twice,' I said. 'You seem to forget that my home is where you are.' Janet is unhappy in St Jago. Although Twice Alexander is now convalescing from his serious illness, the strain of the past year has caused an emotional rift between them-and Reachfar, her beloved childhood home, is sold. Friends from Cairnton, past and present, unknowingly provide the help she needs. The rich, pathetic Lady Hallinzeil arrives with Mrs Drew, her malignant companion; and later come those beloved friends of Janet's schooldays, Violetta Cervi and Kathleen Malone-now a famous singer. When these memorable characters leave, Janet and Twice are able to face their new life together with hope and understanding.