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1900: A Brand-New Century (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
The diary of Flora Bonnington, London 1899-1900: 'A day slips away like sand in a sand glass and so we are caught up in this inevitable passage towards 1900. I bought a journal...it will record my journey into the new century. I shall call it 'Twentieth Century Girl' for that is what I intend to be'. ...Show more
A Celebration of Olives by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Travel Literature
"The Olive Farm" and "The Olive Season" are television actress' Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it, farming the olives, overcoming the heartaches of taking on a 'new' French fa ...Show more
An Act of Love: A sweeping and evocative love story about bravery and courage in our darkest hours by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Fiction
The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Olive Farm series about the power of love and courage in our darkest hours Forced to flee war-ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hid ...Show more
Cadogan Square: Stories of Edwardian London (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
CADOGAN SQUARE is two interconnected stories about life in Edwardian England spanning 15 years. The first story begins in 1899: Flora Bonnington wants to vote and be educated but must stand up to the men around her, especially her father to achieve her dream The second tale begins in 1909 and is about D ...Show more
Hunger: An Irish Girl's Diary, 1845-1847 (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Children's Educational | Series: My Story
It's 1845 and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates, she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland.
My Story: Twentieth-Century Girl by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Fiction | Series: My Story S.
22 December 1899 Time is marching forward, carrying us over the threshold and pitching us willy nilly, into a new century. The prospect of growing up in that unexplored territory is so thrilling that I fancy, if I close my eyes tight, I can almost see the process taking place! A day slips away like sand ...Show more
Nowhere to Run: A Second World War Refugee's Diary 1938-1943 (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
Set in the south of France during WWII. A young girl gets involved in helping Jewish children escape to safety abroad.
Return to the Olive Farm - Life, love, bees and olive groves in Provence by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Biography
After sixteen months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries. ...Show more
Return to the Olive Farm ; bk. 6 by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Biography | Series: The Olive Farm
After sixteen months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries. ...Show more
Suffragette (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
It's 1909. Dollie is swept up in the thrill of the campaign for Votes for Women. Against her guardian's wishes, she marches against Parliament with Emmeline Pankhurst and her fellow suffragettes. But as the movement turns violent, women are imprisoned and endangered their lives with hunger strikes.
The House on the Edge of the Cliff by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Fiction
An epic story of enduring love and betrayal which echoes across the decades, from the bestselling author and much-loved actress. No one else knows what happened that summer. Or so she believes. Grace first came to France a lifetime ago. Young and full of dreams of adventure, she met two very differe ...Show more
The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847 by Carol Drinkwater
Category: Fiction | Series: My Story S.
Phyllis McCormack's diary reveals the horror and trauma suffered by the Irish people during the potato famine years. Read about Phyllis and her family and their struggle for survival during the hungry years.