A Vicarage Family

A Vicarage Family is the first part in a fictionalized autobiography in which Noel Streatfeild tells the story of her own childhood, painting a poignant and vivid picture of daily life in an impoverished, genteel family in the years leading up to the First World War. In the story there are three little girls - Isobel, the eldest, is pretty, gentle and artistic; Louise the youngest, is sweet and talented - and then there is Vicky, 'the plain one', the awkward and rebellious child who doesn't fit in at school or at home. Growing up in a big family Vicky feels overlooked but gradually begins to realize that she might not be quite as untalented as she feels. The Vicky of this story is, of course, the much-loved Noel Streatfeild who went on to write so many wonderful family stories, the most famous being Ballet Shoes.

Product details

• Authors: Noel Streatfeild
• Assisted by: N/A (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2016
• EAN: 9780141368665
• ISBN: 978-0-14-136866-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Puffin Books; A Puffin Book; A Puffin Book; Puffin Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 9 years