Listening Valley (1944)

by D. E. Stevenson

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A charming light romance, characteristic of Stevenson at her best. The later part shares some characters and settings with Celia's House. Tonia and Lou are sisters, growing up in Edinburgh in the 1930s. They are neglected by their parents, but they have each other. Tonia is diffident and awkward; when Lou marries, she is at a loose end. There is deprivation and unhappiness ahead, particularly when World War II begins. But she will win through. (

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1944

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Ryddleton,,UK

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World War II

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Most people, looking back at their childhood, see it as a misty country half-forgotten or only to be remembered through an evocative sound or scent, but some episodes of those short years remain clear and brightly coloured like a landscape seen through the wrong end of a telescope.

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Antonia Melville was fragile and shy as an adolescent - overshadowed by a beloved and adventurous sister, she often found contentment by slipping into the 'listening valley' of her imagination. How Antonia emerges from her private cocoon is the subject of this engaging novel, one of D.E. Stevenson's best. A companion piece to Celia's House, Listening Valley follows Antonia from sheltered childhood to the joyous serenity she attains as a young woman. ... (from Holt, Rinehart & Winston blurb)

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