Worldwide adventures in love
By: by Louise Wener
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780340832462
Subjects: Divorce; Fiction; Life change events; Women explorers; Correspondence; Romans, nouvelles; Aspect psychologique; Événements stressants de la vie; Exploratrices; Correspondance; Psychological aspects
Description: Mysterious and inviting, Jessie and Margaret are drawn to their reclusive neighbour's house. It offers an escape from the dreary summer of 1977 and their fragile family life, into a world they can only dream about. When the house suddenly burns down at the same time as their mother moves out to live with her new boyfriend, and their father develops an unhealthy crush on a woman in their street, life seems bleak for the girls. Escaping the claustrophobia of family life isn't easy, until the story of an eccentric female explorer from the 1930s unfolds in a series of letters.