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Even before her pen-pal Albert arrived outside the gates of her school, Violet had decided they must fall in love, but how is she to she make Albert understand, and be sure her new friend has understood her?
A chance discovery in the back of a drawer sends Violet back on a Proustian journey through memories of a student exchange between 'The Abbess Etheldreda School for Girls', and 'Ecole Irene Nemirovsky'. Even before her pen-pal Albert arrives outside the school gates, Violet has decided to fall in love, but how can she make Albert understand, and be sure her new friend has understood her?
When Albert returns home, she is sure of their love, but she begins to have concerns over the doubt Albert reveals in the letters they exchange over months apart, so that by the time her class makes the jo | |  | | Tabitha Tickham and the Cake Crisis
Violet has to prepare for her Home Ec assessment, but with a house full of guests and a lunatic sister playing at detectives, how will she ever get it done? And if the dog did not destroy Mother's cake, who did? Did she really see someone lurking down at the gatehouse? Which one is the bay tree, and what does nutmeg look like anyway? Should self-confessed teachers be allowed out into society?
All these questions must be answered before the weekend is over, with lessons to be learned along the way about baking, loyalty and just how strong a Mother can be.
Violet has to prepare for her Home Ec assessment, but with a house full of guests and a lunatic sister playing at detectives, how will she ever get it done? And if the dog did not destroy Mother's cake, who did? Did she really see someone lurking down at the gatehouse? Which one is the bay tree, and what does nutmeg look like anyway? Should self-confessed teachers be allowed out into society?
All these questions must be answered before the weekend is over. |
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Celts and Kings
by Mel Hathorn
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 Celts and Kings: The story behind the mystifying disappearance of the Celtic Earls in 1607. The story of a lost love and Celtic Spirituality.
The story of a forbidden love going back 400 years.
The story steeped in Irish history, Ce |
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