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A Rose for Every Month
After being jilted, thirty-one-year-old Jane Rushton leaves her native England for Florence in the early years of Mussolini's reign, finding work as a governess for an aristocratic Italian family that introduces her to an exotic world of romance
430 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1994
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November 7, 2014
My grandmother bought the British magazine Woman's Weekly. I can remember accompanying her on the weekly trip to the local newsagent to collect her copy. Once she had finished it, she passed her copy to my mother who would then read the children's story about a robin family to us. It was also treasured for the knitting patterns for toys by Jean Greenhowe. My mother-in-law recently knitted some play food and finger puppets for my daughters from some of those patterns! http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/
Sally Stewart won a romantic fiction competition in the magazine in the early 1980's, if I remember correctly. Her stories were regularly serialised in the magazine and I must have been reading her stories for nearly 30 years by now. They are lovely, gentle romances which normally involves a wider family context and quite often set in Italy or Portugal. To this day, I am very happy when I find an odd copy of her books in a bookstore or, in this case, the library.
In 1927, 31 year old spinster, Jane Rushton flees to Italy to escape an engagement which turned out to be a bad idea. In Florence, she is employed as governess by the Buonaventura family which owns a medieval castle and wine farm that are falling to bits. In her kind and practical fashion, Jane becomes involved with the family. There are tensions between the adult members, some of whom are loyal Fascists and enthusiastic supporters of Mussolini. In time, Jane's Rushton family from England becomes entwined with the travails of the Italians. The story covers a period of 20 years and is a lovely romantic read, although it also deals with the impact of the War on the various members of the family.
If you enjoy authors like D.E. Stevenson and Elizabeth Cadell and like a gentle romance, you'll probably enjoy any of Sally Stewart's books.
Sally Stewart won a romantic fiction competition in the magazine in the early 1980's, if I remember correctly. Her stories were regularly serialised in the magazine and I must have been reading her stories for nearly 30 years by now. They are lovely, gentle romances which normally involves a wider family context and quite often set in Italy or Portugal. To this day, I am very happy when I find an odd copy of her books in a bookstore or, in this case, the library.
In 1927, 31 year old spinster, Jane Rushton flees to Italy to escape an engagement which turned out to be a bad idea. In Florence, she is employed as governess by the Buonaventura family which owns a medieval castle and wine farm that are falling to bits. In her kind and practical fashion, Jane becomes involved with the family. There are tensions between the adult members, some of whom are loyal Fascists and enthusiastic supporters of Mussolini. In time, Jane's Rushton family from England becomes entwined with the travails of the Italians. The story covers a period of 20 years and is a lovely romantic read, although it also deals with the impact of the War on the various members of the family.
If you enjoy authors like D.E. Stevenson and Elizabeth Cadell and like a gentle romance, you'll probably enjoy any of Sally Stewart's books.
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