{"product_id":"9781405984157","title":"Fenny","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Cooper, Lettice \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/09\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781405984157,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscover the brilliance of Fenny in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers. Pre-order this gorgeous edition now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeously rich coming of age novel that sees young English governess Ellen fall head over heels for Tuscany after taking a job as a governess in 1933, even in the face of unrequited love and political tension. With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey‘The strange city through which they drove was the scenery of a dream . . .’Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen – selfless, big-hearted, accepting – cannot know what is coming. Yet, she will not face it alone . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Lettice Cooper:‘A writer of quiet but strong, deep and varied gifts’ Sunday Telegraph  ‘A storyteller of adventures of the heart’ Jilly Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55673434112373,"sku":"9781405984157","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781405984157_887ebf47-d378-4f64-8fe1-5207a417fa81.jpg?v=1759681736","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9781405984157","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}