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Life in Girls' Boarding Schools, 1939-1979

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'The girls' boarding school! What a ripe theme for the most observant verbal artist in our midst today - the absurdly undersung Ysenda Maxtone Graham, who has the beadiness and nosiness of the best investigative reporter, the wit of Jane Austen and a take on life which is like no one else's. This book has been my constant companion ever since it appeared' A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard


When I asked a group of girls who had been at Hatherop Castle in the 1960s whether the school had had a lab in those days they gave me a blank look. 'A laboratory?' I expanded, hoping to jog their memories. 'Oh that kind of lab!' one of them said. 'I thought you meant a Labrador.'

'The cruel teachers. The pashes on other girls. The gossip. The giggles. The awful food. The homesickness. The friendships made for life. The shivering cold. Games of lacrosse, and cricket.

'The most brilliant, hilarious book. My book of the year' India Knight

'A wonderful book' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday

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Year Published:
2017
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780349143064
Number of Pages:
304
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Date:
02/11/2017
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Authors:
Graham, Ysenda Maxtone
SKU:
9780349143064

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