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A Child Of Her Time : a beautifully moving coming of age saga you won’t be able to put down, Paperback / softback Book

A Child Of Her Time : a beautifully moving coming of age saga you won’t be able to put down Paperback / softback

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From the pen of much loved author Maggie Bennett comes this engrossing and emotional story of prejudice, passion and one woman's struggle to fight for what she wants in life.

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Harris, Nancy Revell and Catherine Cookson. READERS ARE LOVING A CHILD OF HER TIME!'It's a lovely story from the start.

I was hooked.' -- ***** Reader review'Wonderful story'-- ***** Reader review'[Maggie Bennett] is a real story teller who makes you want to turn each page' -- ***** Reader review'Maggie Bennett is a brilliant writer' -- ***** Reader review*********************************************************HAS SHE THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT FOR THE LIFE SHE'S ALWAYS YEARNED FOR?Phyllis Bird is twenty - five, a teacher, and still living with her parents in a quiet Hampshire village.

With so many young men lost in the Great War, her future is without hope until she is offered the position of nursery maid in the London home of acclaimed playwright Harold Berridge.

Desperate to break out of her mundane existence, she decides to take it up. Befriended by the actress Maud Ling and thrown into the glamorous world of the cinema, Phyllis falls passionately in love with Maud's younger brother Teddy.

But Teddy's heart lies elsewhere. Things go from bad to worse when tragedy strikes the Berridge household, and a heartbroken Phyllis is forced to leave. Six months later, when Phyllis has started to rebuild her life, her world is turned upside down once more when she is invited to a party at Maud Ling's film studios. For there she falls under the spell of the charming but devious American actor Denver Towers, with disastrous consequences...

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