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MY FRIEND FLORA (Reachfar 7) Jane Duncan - Vintage PB 1987
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Vintage glossy softcover, minimal shelf wear, small mark inside cover, previous owner's name, pages are otherwise unmarked.
239 pages, 18 x 10.5 cms, Corgi Books, 1987. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: 0552128791
My Friend Flora is set in the 'Reachfar' country - the Black Isle in Rossshire - where the narrator, Janet Sandison, spent her childhood. Flora and the other Bedamneds first impinge on Janet's life when, at the age of five, she goes to the village school in Achcraggan in 1915. Jamie Bedamned and his forbears have cast their own special and sinister blight on the countryside for generations - morose, black-browed, independent, ill-favoured craftsmen better suited to the construction of dark, satanic mills than the bridges and buildings of the Highlands. But Flora's bedamnedness is of a more passive nature. When her mother dies, she leaves school to bring up her younger brothers and sisters, including the terrifying Georgie, and to keep house for her curmudgeonly old father. Janet, George and Tom and Janet's young aunt Kate battle to improve the lot of the patient Flora, a natural-born doormat. But in the end it is Flora who turns the tables on her would-be benefactors and is the means of bringing unexpected happiness to the Sandisons of Reachfar. My Friend Flora is without doubt one of Jane Duncan's finest books.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
239 pages, 18 x 10.5 cms, Corgi Books, 1987. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: 0552128791
My Friend Flora is set in the 'Reachfar' country - the Black Isle in Rossshire - where the narrator, Janet Sandison, spent her childhood. Flora and the other Bedamneds first impinge on Janet's life when, at the age of five, she goes to the village school in Achcraggan in 1915. Jamie Bedamned and his forbears have cast their own special and sinister blight on the countryside for generations - morose, black-browed, independent, ill-favoured craftsmen better suited to the construction of dark, satanic mills than the bridges and buildings of the Highlands. But Flora's bedamnedness is of a more passive nature. When her mother dies, she leaves school to bring up her younger brothers and sisters, including the terrifying Georgie, and to keep house for her curmudgeonly old father. Janet, George and Tom and Janet's young aunt Kate battle to improve the lot of the patient Flora, a natural-born doormat. But in the end it is Flora who turns the tables on her would-be benefactors and is the means of bringing unexpected happiness to the Sandisons of Reachfar. My Friend Flora is without doubt one of Jane Duncan's finest books.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:15/01/2024
- Last Edited:15/01/2024
- Condition:Used
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