The Headmistress

The HeadmistressAuthor: Angela Thirkell ISBN: 9780349007472 Publisher: Little Brown Year first published: 10 Jan 2017 Pages: 384 Format: Paperback softback Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there has been one lively change. A girls' school, evacuated from London, has taken over Harefield Park. Miss Sparling seems to be the perfect headmistress: she dresses as a headmistress should and is an easy and erudite

but they are just as life-complicating and soul-crushing

and her two stepchildren arrive to spend the summer in the neighbouring house

beautiful canvases that represent not just pleasure grounds but a country's evolution

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But by the time he finally broke free from his suffocating and abusive home life

uncertainty

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