Fenny

A gorgeously rich coming of age novel that sees young English governess Ellen fall head over heels for her Tuscany after taking a job as a governess in 1933, even in the face of unrequited love and political tension... ''The strange city through which they drove was the scenery of a dream . . .'' Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad. 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. Little does Ellen realise how this girl, Juliet, and her family will claim her. 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. 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. Ellen - selfless, big-hearted, accepting - cannot know what is coming. Yet, she will not face it alone . . . Praise for Lettice Cooper: ''A writer of quiet but strong, deep and varied gifts'' ''A storyteller of adventures of the heart'' Jilly Cooper

Product details

• Authors: Lettice Cooper, Cooper Lettice
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9781405984157
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-8415-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Mermaid Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), florence, Tuscany, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Classic fiction: general and literary