The Resource My friends the Misses Kindness, Jane Duncan
My friends the Misses Kindness, Jane Duncan
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- Summary
- After her husband's death and her own breakdown, from which she has been rescued by her good friend Sashie, Janet Sandison sets sail from her West Indian home to return to Scotland and make a new life for herself as an author. She is beset by doubts, but as the days pass aboard R.M.S. Mnemosyne the personalities and dramas of her fellow passengers claim her attention more and more, not least of all the puckish child Helga, and the three elephantine sisters, the Misses Kindness, whose mission in life is to make everyone as much like themselves as possible. Behind their backs they are soon nicknamed 'The Friendly Ones' for, like the Furies of Greek mythology, they must be placated as well as, if possible, avoided
- Language
- eng
- Label
- My friends the Misses Kindness
- Title
- My friends the Misses Kindness
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Duncan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After her husband's death and her own breakdown, from which she has been rescued by her good friend Sashie, Janet Sandison sets sail from her West Indian home to return to Scotland and make a new life for herself as an author. She is beset by doubts, but as the days pass aboard R.M.S. Mnemosyne the personalities and dramas of her fellow passengers claim her attention more and more, not least of all the puckish child Helga, and the three elephantine sisters, the Misses Kindness, whose mission in life is to make everyone as much like themselves as possible. Behind their backs they are soon nicknamed 'The Friendly Ones' for, like the Furies of Greek mythology, they must be placated as well as, if possible, avoided
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1910-1976
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Duncan, Jane
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Sandison, Janet (Fictitious character)
- Label
- My friends the Misses Kindness, Jane Duncan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 41736965
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9781447298090
- Media category
- unmediated
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 41736965
- (Sirsi) 41736965
- Label
- My friends the Misses Kindness, Jane Duncan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 41736965
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9781447298090
- Media category
- unmediated
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 41736965
- (Sirsi) 41736965
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