![]() GUM expected to be away for 5 years, but his absence extends much longer. Posy is an exceptionally talented dancer. Pauline was rescued from a sinking ship, has acting ability and very good looks Petrova’s Russian parents left her to GUM, and she can act but prefers cars and aeroplanes Posy’s mother cannot look after her while following her career so she leaves her a pair of ballet shoes and gives her to GUM’s care. He leaves them in the care of his niece, Sylvia, who is helped by Nana, Cook and the maid, Clara. Three orphan girls are collected by Great Uncle Matthew like fossils (after whom he names them). The novel is set in London in the period between the world wars. A second theme is the economic precariousness of girls’ lives in the inter-war years. One theme has emerged and is continued in this classic. ![]() This is the fourth post in the Bookword 2019 Decades Project. ![]()
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