Monica Dickens

After the sudden death of his wife, Daniel abandons home and security, setting off to find the freedom he knew as a boy. We follow Daniel on his physical and spiritual wanderings through the accounts of the characters he encounters on his journey, from a seaside boarding house to a hospital bed.

It is the end of WW II and the household of Mrs. North, a well-to-do widow with a country cottage, is very busy. War circumstances brought both of her daughters home: loud but good-hearted tomboy, Violet, and highly-strung and over sensitive Heather with her two small children. Mrs. North is also taking care of her young niece, Evelyn, a lively child who loves to play on the local farm and has a great passion for animals. But at the center of all this is Oliver, Mrs. North's only son who lost his leg during the war service abroad.

The story of a Lieutenant Commander, axed from the Navy at the age of 36, and his struggles to earn a living in unfamiliar civilian life.

This is the touching, humorous story of a young English girl's growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see her at school and on holiday in Somerset, then witness her attempt at drama school, her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man. Finally, Mr Right turns up.

A resilient young reporter writes divertingly of her assignments, and of the complications caused by her landlady and fellow-boarders.

The Motley family live a comfortable existence in Edwardian England until a sinister threat of murder and a charismatic stranger come into their lives and threaten to change things for ever.

Considering herself unsuited to any other contribution to the war effort, Monica Dickens chose nursing. This account of her experiences includes descriptions of the gaol-like nurses' hostel and the austere matron. Contains some offensive and outdated language.

Tired of the world of debutante balls, Monica Dickens decided to get a job. She took a post as a cook, despite having little experience or skill. Soon she discovered the joy of doing an honest day’s work and holding her own against the demands of her employers. The book is a very entertaining memoir of life upstairs and downstairs in the early 1930s.

Louise Bickford, a widow with three daughters, finds herself struggling against the insecurity and uncertainty of old age. Too proud to depend on her friends, too poor to manage for herself, she is dependent upon daughters, who can spare from the complexities of their own lives neither time nor sympathy for her. The one relation with whom she has any empathy is her grandchild.

An affair with the unpredictable Joe led to a marriage that Virginia was determined would work. But Joe had no reason to trust or respect women. As he drew her into one humiliating situation after another, Virginia was forced to admit that her romantic dream had turned into a nightmare.