Debutantes in Love - Couverture souple

Harrison, Cora

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447205952 ISBN 13 : 9781447205951

Editeur : Macmillan Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

Not suitable for children under 10 years of age It's 1924. Leaving their beloved Beech Grove Manor to go to London for the season, Poppy and Daisy Derrington know that they must shine as debutantes. Since a girl cannot inherit her father's estate, the sisters have to marry well or face being left penniless. But it's not money or marriage that interests them. It's music, cinema, literature, fashion, parties, love - everything that is shiny and new. Trapped by the dusty traditions of their class, Daisy and Poppy must choose between family duty and the bright lights of the roaring twenties ...

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Cora Harrison worked as a head teacher before writing her first novel. She has since published forty-seven books ten for adults, thirty-three for children and four for young adults. Many of her books for children deal with the history and mythology of Ireland, while her love of history is shown also in her young adult novels about the teenage years of Jane Austen: I was Jane Austen s Best Friend and Jane Austen Stole My Boyfriend. Cora lives on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland. Debutantes: In Love is the sequel to Debutantes, set in the roaring 1920s.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It s 1924. Leaving their beloved Beech Grove Manor to go to London for the season, Poppy and Daisy Derrington know that they must shine as debutantes. Since a girl cannot inherit her father's estate, the sisters have to marry well or face being left penniless. But it s not money or marriage that interests them. It s music, cinema, literature, fashion, parties, love everything that is shiny and new. Trapped by the dusty traditions of their class, Daisy and Poppy must choose between family duty and the bright lights of the roaring twenties . . .

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447205952
• ISBN 13: 9781447205951
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320