- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (9 Sep 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0860682978
- ISBN-13: 978-0860682974
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 780,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Finding Your Way in a Lost World
22 May 2012
Format:Mass Market Paperback
At the end of WW I, Hervey Russell leaves her young son with a caretaker in the country and goes to make her fortune in London. She has already written one novel, and knows that she is destined to be famous. She doesn't understand why her husband, Penn is in no hurry to demobilise from the Air Force and resume his career as a school teacher. Hervey finds steady work as a novice copywriter, mentored by a crippled war vet.
Hervey (as well as most of the younger characters in the book) has no firm plan with how to get on with her life, or even what she wants out of life, other than to do the best she can for her young son, Richard, and the fierce desire to become 'famous'. The novel is a wonderful kaleidoscope of the hard life in London immediately after WW I, and the aimlessness and frustrations of the returning vets and young working people.
The first of a planned five part series (only three were written), by Storm Jameson. Her writing is realistic and detailed. Her people are far from perfect, but very human.
Hervey (as well as most of the younger characters in the book) has no firm plan with how to get on with her life, or even what she wants out of life, other than to do the best she can for her young son, Richard, and the fierce desire to become 'famous'. The novel is a wonderful kaleidoscope of the hard life in London immediately after WW I, and the aimlessness and frustrations of the returning vets and young working people.
The first of a planned five part series (only three were written), by Storm Jameson. Her writing is realistic and detailed. Her people are far from perfect, but very human.
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