The Finest Type of English Womanhood
Paperback Published on: 04/02/2010
Price: £16.99
Synopsis
It is 1946, and seventeen-year-old Laura Telling is stagnating in her dilapidated Sussex family home, while her eccentric parents slip further into isolation. A chance encounter with Paul Lovell offers her the chance to alter the course of her destiny - and to embark on a new life in South Africa.
Many miles north, sixteen-year-old Gay Gibson is desperate to escape Birkenhead. When the girls' paths cross in Johannesburg, Laura is exposed to Gay's wild life of parties and inappropriate liaisons. Each in their own worlds, but thrown together, the girls find their lives inextricably entangled, with fatal consequences...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- ISBN: 9780099532743
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
- Weight: 264g
- Languages: English
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It starts well...
The Finest Type of Womanhood turned out to be rather disappointing, failing live up to its initial promise. The characters were not believable or developed... READ MORE
Intriguing
I really enjoyed this novel and was enthralled by the story immediately. I had read previously of the Gay Gibson murder, so I was intrigued to discover the... READ MORE
Atmospheric and menacing
The Finest Type of English Womanhood is a dark, foreboding and menacing study of outsiders longing to belong.
Timid Laura Trelling is rescued from a reclu... READ MORE
A good real-life novel
I initally discovered this book via a newspaper review and was immediately intrigued with the true-life aspect of the novel. From the outset we know that G... READ MORE
The Finest Type of English Womanhood
This book is a light read, not difficult to pick up but then not gripping enough to prevent you putting it down again. The whole impression is of slowness ... READ MORE
A gripping and enthralling story, very enjoyable.
The paths of 17 year old Laura Trelling an 16 year old Gay Gibson were destined to cross, each of them having led strikingly similar lives in different par... READ MORE
A wonderful, yet disturbing read
I loved this book! It tells the entwining story of two young girls, Laura and Gay, as they leave England to find a new life in South Africa. It is 1946, an... READ MORE
The Finest Type of English Womanhood
This fictional account of a true murder starts with Laura Trelling reading the diary of her murdered friend Gay as well as newspaper articles about the upc... READ MORE
The Finest Type of English Womanhood
This wasn’t what I expected at all from the blurb - it was much more interesting! We follow two very different characters as they move to South Africa at t... READ MORE