Fenny

Rediscover the brilliance of Fenny in the Mermaid Collection - timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today's readers.'The Mermaid Collection is so sure footed that you're unlikely to go wrong' India Knight<BR>A richly evocative coming-of-age novel, Fenny follows a young English governess who falls deeply in love with Tuscany in 1933, even as she faces the pain of unrequited love and the shadows of political unrest.<BR><BR>With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey<BR><BR>'Heartwarming, atmospheric, a perfect summer read' Kate Mosse <BR>'The strange city through which they drove was the scenery of a dream . . .'<BR><BR>Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad.<BR><BR>But when her mother dies, this young woman finds herself taking a position as governess to an English girl in Florence in the summer of 1933. <BR><BR>Little does Ellen realise how this girl, Juliet, and her family will claim her.<BR><BR>For as the summer passes, Ellen falls so in love with Italy and her new home that she cannot bear to leave - even when her own hopes of love are cruelly thwarted. <BR><BR>Even when the shadow of war falls across the country, she doesn't flee but clings on - for her friends, for those she loves more than herself.<BR><BR>Ellen - selfless, big-hearted, accepting - cannot know what is coming. Yet, she will not face it alone . . .<BR><BR>Praise for Lettice Cooper:<BR>'A writer of quiet but strong, deep and varied gifts' Sunday Telegraph <BR> 'A storyteller of adventures of the heart' Jilly Cooper<BR>