Monica Dickens

Cuando, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la radio anuncia el hundimiento del buque británico en el que sirve su marido, el tiempo se detiene para Mary. Mientras espera más noticias, y para no desesperarse ante un futuro lleno de incertidumbre, empieza a rememorar sus dias felices en la Inglaterra de los años treinta: su infancia en Somerset, la escuela en Kensington, los primeros viajes, trabajos y amoresMonica Dickens, bisnieta de Charles Dickens, se inspiro en su propia vida para escribir Mariana, una entrañable, divertida y conmovedora novela de formacion. La inolvidable historia de Mary nos recuerda que, en los tiempos mas oscuros, podemos encontrar luz en el recuerdo de aquellos dias del pasado que nos han llevado a ser quienes somos.

A winning comic novel from a beloved author - the triumphs and tribulations of a young female reporter in the early 1950s.

INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANSI envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. Shes beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny NINA STIBBE Humorous, moving and fascinating CLARE MACKINTOSH Considering herself unsuitable for any other contribution to the war effort, Monica Dickens opts for nursing, imagining herself gliding through the wards, serene in a pure white halo cap. On enrolment, however, she is promptly stripped of all illusions. Intelligent and headstrong, Monica struggles to submit to the iron rule of the Matron and toils over the mountains of menial work that are a trainees lot. But there are friends among the staff and patients, night-time escapades to dances with dashing army men and her secret writing project to keep her going.One Pair of Feet is a witty and brilliantly observed autobiographical novel, based upon Monica Dickenss own trials and tribulations as a wartime nurse.Monicas naked curiosity and general bolshiness are easy to identify with, and as a narrator she always tells us what were longing to know - its like listening to a friends anecdote, and egging them on LISSA EVANSIf you enjoyed One Pair of Feet, you will love the novel that followed it. My Turn to Make the Tea, Monica Dickenss lively and entertaining novel about life as a cub reporter on a regional newspaper, is also published as a Virago Modern Classic.

INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANSI envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. Shes beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny NINA STIBBE Wherever her eye falls, it finds the exact, significant detail, and her ear for dialogue is unerringOBSERVERMonicas naked curiosity and general bolshiness are easy to identify with LISSA EVANS Poppy, newly recruited cub reporter at the Downingham Post, is determined to prove to the editor that hes wrong in his belief that Women are a nuisance in the office. He certainly doesnt think shes a nuisance when its time for the tea round - a job which never fails to fall to the only female reporter.What Poppy lacks in experience, she makes up for in spirit and ambition. Shell make the Downingham Post the best regional newspaper there is - even if she occasionally gets the names wrong in court hearings. Life for a single professional woman in the post-war years certainly has its challenges - from finding a room, when the tyrannical landlady doesnt consider Poppy to be quite respectable to changing her editors deeply entrenched ways. This semi-autobiographical novel, recounted with Monica Dickenss wit, warmth and wry observation will charm all who read it.If you enjoyed My Turn to Make the Tea, you will love One Pair of Feet, Dickenss novel of being a wartime trainee nurse, also published in Virago Modern Classics.

Cuando, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la radio anuncia el hundimiento del buque británico en el que sirve su marido, el tiempo se detiene para Mary. Mientras espera más noticias, y para no desesperarse ante un futuro lleno de incertidumbre, empieza a

Monica Dickens, bisnieta de Charles Dickens, hija de un abogado, educada en colegios privados de Londres y París, presentada en la corte, no había sido criada para trabajar. Sin embargo, decidió buscar empleo como doncella y cocinera. Su origen social, que debia ocultar para no despertar la incredulidad de quienes la contrataran, la obligo de todos modos a interpretar un papel y daria pie a multitud de equivocos. Un par de manos (1939) es el ingenioso, critico y fluido recuento de sus tribulaciones como trabajadora domestica en la Inglaterra de los años 30, donde conviven "un sentido del decoro y una conciencia de clase casi medievales" con abusos, picardias, chantajes y tambien momentos de autentica juerga.

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