CONSEQUENCES **&** THE WAR WORKERS (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 1156)
Genre: Kindle Edition
Brand: Business and Leadership Publishing
Author: E.M. DELAFIELD
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This volume contains two of the greatest novels written by E.M.Delafield, better known for her delightful and witty "Provincial Lady" books. The books are:
- CONSEQUENCES
- THE WAR WORKERS
Consequences was a deeply-felt novel she wrote about the plight of girls given no opportunities apart from marriage. Alex Clare is awkward and oversensitive and gets everything wrong; she refuses to marry the only young man who ‘offers’ and believes there is nothing left for her but to enter a convent. But that is not quite the end of her tragic story... Delafield was in a convent herself, which allowed her to describe the hell young girls would live in the convents from a 100 years ago.
The second book, The War Workers is the story of a group of women working in the Midland Supply Depot during WWI. The Depot is run by Vivian, an upper class young woman in her 30's who finds it impossible to delegate the smallest task & runs the Depot on a mixture of resigned martyrdom & the hero worship she receives from her staff...
- CONSEQUENCES
- THE WAR WORKERS
Consequences was a deeply-felt novel she wrote about the plight of girls given no opportunities apart from marriage. Alex Clare is awkward and oversensitive and gets everything wrong; she refuses to marry the only young man who ‘offers’ and believes there is nothing left for her but to enter a convent. But that is not quite the end of her tragic story... Delafield was in a convent herself, which allowed her to describe the hell young girls would live in the convents from a 100 years ago.
The second book, The War Workers is the story of a group of women working in the Midland Supply Depot during WWI. The Depot is run by Vivian, an upper class young woman in her 30's who finds it impossible to delegate the smallest task & runs the Depot on a mixture of resigned martyrdom & the hero worship she receives from her staff...