Description
'I always wanted everything so frantically, and I'm just the person that can't have them.'
Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie was stifled in her desire for life and died at the age of twenty-two.
A loving but clear-eyed portrait of a family and an era, this is Victoria Glendinning's first book.
About the Author
Award-winning biographer of Trollope, Elizabeth Bowen, Vita Sackville-West, Edith Sitwell and Rebecca West, Victoria Glendinning is also a literary critic, broadcaster and travel writer. She has four sons and lives in London and West Cork, Ireland.
Book Information
ISBN 9781844089161
Author Victoria Glendinning
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 148g
Dimensions(mm) 131mm * 200mm * 12mm
