Verily Anderson (1915–2010)
Auteur de Spam Tomorrow
Séries
Œuvres de Verily Anderson
The Brownies' Day Abroad 1 exemplaire
The Brownies and the ponies 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Anderson, Verily
- Autres noms
- Bruce, Verily (birth name)
Anderson, Verily (first marriage)
Paget, Verily (second marriage) - Date de naissance
- 1915-12-01
- Date de décès
- 2010-07-16
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Northrepps, Norfolk, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Northrepps, Norfolk, England, UK
- Études
- Edgbaston School for Girls, Birmingham, England, UK
Normanhurst School, Battle, Sussex, England, UK
Royal College of Music - Professions
- Children's Author
Brown Owl - Relations
- Paget, Paul (2nd husband)
Anderson, Rachel (daughter)
Hampton, Janie (daughter)
Bradby, Hannah (grand-daughter) - Organisations
- First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (1938-41)
Girl Guides - Courte biographie
- Born in 1915, Verily Anderson was the daughter of a clergyman (the Rev. Rosslyn Bruce), and was educated at Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham, and Normanhurst School, Sussex. She studied at the Royal College of Music, in London, and worked in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry from 1939 to 1941. In 1940, she married Captain Donald Anderson, and had five children - one son and four daughters. In addition to her children's books - most notably, the "Brownie" series - she wrote a number of volumes of autobiography, and worked for the BBC from 1946 through 2002. She died in 2010.
Membres
Critiques
Clover Coverdale is a children's or young adult book published in 1966. It felt as though there was a surprising amount of tragedy in the story for a book of that time period. Right from the beginning we are informed that Clover has been in an accident leaving her without a home and in severe pain, and as soon becomes apparent, without family.
The adults in this novel never seem to have what's best for Clover in mind, and Clover herself seems unsure what she wants in life although, this is not altogether surprising since she is 15. I did enjoy this novel, and finished it in one sitting. It is an easy read. However, I think it should have been longer. There was a fairly large set of characters and I didn't feel that they were quite fleshed out enough for me to sympathise with then in the way the author seemed to intend me to. The story also seemed to rush to its conclusion, tying up several threads very quickly. Overall, I found this to be something of an oddity but I think it may appeal to grown up fans of girls own stories.… (plus d'informations)
The adults in this novel never seem to have what's best for Clover in mind, and Clover herself seems unsure what she wants in life although, this is not altogether surprising since she is 15. I did enjoy this novel, and finished it in one sitting. It is an easy read. However, I think it should have been longer. There was a fairly large set of characters and I didn't feel that they were quite fleshed out enough for me to sympathise with then in the way the author seemed to intend me to. The story also seemed to rush to its conclusion, tying up several threads very quickly. Overall, I found this to be something of an oddity but I think it may appeal to grown up fans of girls own stories.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Membres
- 145
- Popularité
- #142,479
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 37
- Favoris
- 1
Verily’s husband Donald worked at the Department of Information for the duration, but even so they spent a great deal of time apart as Verily and her babies were sent to the safety of the country for awhile. Verily and her two daughters shared a dilapidated farmhouse with her friend Julie and her two children. They also supplemented their income by taking in various lodgers which added greatly to the humor.
Spam Tomorrow gives the reader a close look at conditions in London during the Blitz from the inconvenience of air raid shelters, lack of sleep, transportation problems, the expense of day-to-day London life as well as the underlying fear for your loved ones when apart. The light, chatty style of the author’s writing draws the reader into her world and you are indeed ready to celebrate the victory with gusto by the end of the book.… (plus d'informations)