Growing Up

by Frances Paige

A touching story of love and loss On the eve of war in 1939, Mirren Stewart, a newly qualified young teacher, must now face up to the fact that her beloved father is getting older and needs her care. She has neither the time nor the inclination, it seems, for love or romance. But when two very different young men enter her life Mirren belatedly grows up and, ultimately, discovers her true self.

319 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2005

About the author

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Frances Paige has lived near the Lake District, in the North West England for many years. She paints and writes, and has completed over fourty novels. She is also known under the pseudonyms Jane Wallace and Jay Allerton. In 1975, her novel "Vote for a Silk Gown" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She went on to write many more novels as well as a Scottish saga which, it has been said, redefined the sub-genre and made her a model for budding authors everywhere.

Reviews

[Sybil · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title of this book is appropriate. "Growing Up" is a story of a woman's life after college in Scotland before and during WWII.