Nancy Breary

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Nancy Breary


Born
in Brixham, Devon, The United Kingdom
March 07, 1907

Died
December 09, 1988

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Born in Brixham, Devon, in 1907, Nancy Breary was the eldest daughter of bank manager Arthur Henry Breary, and his wife, Edith Florence. Her younger sister, Gertrude, known as Gretchen, was born in 1908, and her younger brother, Gerald, in 1913. The family moved to London when Breary was still a baby, living in Clapham Park, and then Streatham. She was educated at Kingsdown School in Dorking, where she was sent as a boarder, from 1918 to 1924.

Intending to become a dietician, Breary took a domestic science course upon leaving school, but ended up working as a mannequin in a court dressmaker’s shop instead, while also running the family home, after her mother became an invalid. Breary wrote in her spare time at first, eventually switching ove
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Average rating: 3.8 · 55 ratings · 7 reviews · 57 distinct works
It Was Fun In the Fourth

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3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1948
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The Reluctant Schoolgirl

3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1951
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This Time Next Term

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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1945 — 2 editions
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Two Thrilling Terms

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1943
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The Impossible Prefect

3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1947
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Junior Captain

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1946 — 2 editions
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The Lower Fourth Excels Itself

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1945
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No Peace for the Prefects

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1944
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A School Divided

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1944
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Dimity Drew's First Term

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1951
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