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Life Steps In
Ana would never fall in love - at least, so she thought. But an invitation to spend the summer with an old school friend changed that idea rapidly. Her friend had a husband. And from the moment they first met, Ana knew that Anthony Hambledon was somebody she would not, could not, forget.The path of true love never runs smooth, and this was no exception. But neither of them could have foreseen the pain and ultimate tragedy that lay ahead...
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1929
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Ruby M. Ayres
176 books2 followersRuby Mildred Ayres was born on 28 January 1881 in Watford, Hertfordshire, the third daughter of the marriege formed by Alice (née Whitford) and Charles Pryor Ayres, a London-based architect. In 1909 she married Reginald William Pocock, a insurance broker, and they lived in Harrow until his death in a train accident. As widow without childrens, she moved to her sister's home at Weybridge, Surrey.
She started to write as a girl, and her first story was published in a magazine shortly after her marriage, and in 1912 she published her first novel, Castles in Spain. In September 1915, with her first popular success, Richard Chatterton, V.C. (which sold over 50,000 copies in the first three years), she moved publishing houses to Hodder and Stoughton, where she remained until her death in 1955. She wrote over 150 novels and serialised works. Several of her works became films and she did screenwriting for Society for Sale among others. She corresponded with Douglas Sladen, and also was was possibly an inspiration for the P. G. Wodehouse character Rosie M. Banks. She died on 14 November 1955 in a nursing home in Weybridge, aged 74, of a combination of pneumonia and a cerebral thrombosis. She was cremated four days later at Golders Green in north London.
She started to write as a girl, and her first story was published in a magazine shortly after her marriage, and in 1912 she published her first novel, Castles in Spain. In September 1915, with her first popular success, Richard Chatterton, V.C. (which sold over 50,000 copies in the first three years), she moved publishing houses to Hodder and Stoughton, where she remained until her death in 1955. She wrote over 150 novels and serialised works. Several of her works became films and she did screenwriting for Society for Sale among others. She corresponded with Douglas Sladen, and also was was possibly an inspiration for the P. G. Wodehouse character Rosie M. Banks. She died on 14 November 1955 in a nursing home in Weybridge, aged 74, of a combination of pneumonia and a cerebral thrombosis. She was cremated four days later at Golders Green in north London.
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February 20, 2013
Well, there must have been something to you because you kept me gripped. However, the writing is repetitive in description and vocabulary .... the characters aren't very likeable , such miseries, except the 'Bohemians' perhaps....the nature of the ending is unexpected but not the outcome. I'm afraid I didn't like the package enough to rate this book very highly.
June 7, 2013
Strange! As one of the other reviewer's said, not very likeable characters. I found the story quite depressing and, without giving away the ending, it carries on this way too. Not a very satisfying read at all.
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