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Lokko, Lesley Naa Norle.
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Debutantes -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Dorset (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Dorset (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Lokko, Lesley Naa Norle.
Debutantes -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Dorset (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Dorset (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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The last debutante / Lesley Lokko.
by
Lokko, Lesley Naa Norle.
Orion Books, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2016.
Call #:
FICTION
LOK
Subjects
Debutantes
--
Fiction
.
Family secrets
--
Fiction
.
Interpersonal relations
--
Fiction
.
Sisters
--
Fiction
.
Dorset
(
England
)
--
History
--
20th
century
--
Fiction
.
Dorset
(
England
)
--
Social
life
and
customs
--
20th
century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781409142546 (pbk.)
Description:
322 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"She was never going to play by their ruless..." --Front cover.
Summary:
A captivating family drama about sisters and long-held secrets spanning from the 1930s to the present day, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. 1936, Chalfont Hall,
Dorset
, and as the dressmaker puts the last pins in her dress, thirteen-year-old Kit is wondering why she has to go through the charade of seeing her sister Lily presented at Court. With her waves of auburn hair and her piercing green eyes, Kit knows that her sister's place on the
social
scene is guaranteed regardless of her dress, and as the door to a
life
of parties and eligible young men opens for Lily, Kit must make do with tiptoeing around the gallery of Chalfont, eavesdropping on the conversations of the grown-ups. But the arrival one evening of a distinctly German visitor soon sets in motion a chain of events that none of the family could have anticipated. Years later, the aftershock of events will be felt by a new generation...
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Domestic
fiction
.
Black
fiction
.
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Adult Black Fiction
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