Anna and Her Daughters

Name: Anna and Her Daughters
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: D. E. Stevenson
ISBN: 9781407998084

Author: D. E. Stevenson

Narrator: Candida Gubbins

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When their father dies, none of the three Harcourt girls are particularly upset. The loss of the family's income, however, is not something so easily overcome. When their mother Anna discovers that they have been left penniless, she decides to move them out of London and back to her hometown in Scotland. Helen, the demanding eldest sister, decamps almost immediately to Edinburgh in search of the excitement and refinement Ryddelton cannot offer. Rosalie, having always lived in her more beautiful eldest sister's shadow, begins to come into her own. And Jane finds an education she could never have gotten at Oxford in her work as a secretary for Mrs Millard, an eccentric biographer currently residing in the village. Anna's daughters seem to be settling down to their new life until Ronnie, a tall, broad-shouldered scientist, steps into their lives . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on March 18, 2017

I let this 99 cent Kindle special distract me and suck me in, when I was still in the middle of East of Eden. But sometimes you just need something to read that's quick and shallow and easy on the brain. This is a rather melodramatic story, written in 1958, about three English sisters and their mothe......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 20, 2022

The end of this book made me cry, which is very unusual. In one sense, this book has an ache at its heart, the ache of missed connection and of a broken marriage and of regret. But that’s also what made the ending so moving. The moment when Ronnie realizes he was Ralph…that really got to me too. Funn......more

Goodreads review by Alisha on September 22, 2020

The beginning of the book was the best. Jane and her sisters Helen and Rosalie, along with their mother, leave London for Scotland when they find that their income is reduced. The story is told through the eyes of Jane, who is astounded at the way her mother slips comfortably into a middle class cou......more

Goodreads review by Gina on January 04, 2023

4.5🌟 An enchanting book! It's definitely now one of my favorites by D.E. Stevenson. I adore books that have a lot of interesting, lively characters, cozy domestic details and everyday, home-oriented activities. This book had all of those things and more! Although I have a few favorites ahead of this......more