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This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy unashamedly romantic stories with a mix of wit and emotional depth, fans of 20th-century British literature, and those who appreciate well-drawn heroines and period settings.
** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME **
'Stella Gibbons's gift is very special' Daily Express
Amy, a neglected motherless child in 1920s London meets Robert, a wealthy American boy.
'Stella Gibbons's gift is very special' - Daily Express
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Stella Gibbons's gift is very special – Daily Express
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Amy, a neglected motherless child in 1920s London, meets Robert, a wealthy American boy. It's an encounter she will never forget.
My American follows the lives and loves of Amy Lee and Robert Vorst – from a chance childhood meeting to the comic, tragic, and romantic trysts that follow. Amy, a baker's daughter, has dreams of becoming a writer, whilst Robert is destined to be a doctor. Later, embarking on a lecture tour in Depression-era America, she is reminded of her childhood friend and endeavours to find him.
My American is an unashamedly romantic novel by Stella Gibbons, author of the beloved satire Cold Comfort Farm.
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Stella Gibbons's gift is very special Daily Express. Her heroines are described as plucky and determined, balancing both comedy and melancholy Guardian. She offers a rare female perspective that is both humorous and poignant Independent. Dubbed 'The Jane Austen of the 20th century' by Lynne Truss, Gibbons's style is celebrated as stellar Sunday Herald.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780099529347
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 August 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 330g
Pages: 480
About the Author
Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first publication was a book of poems, The Mountain Beast (1930) and her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) won the Femina Vie Heuruse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm (1940) Westwood (1946), Conference at Cold Comfort Farm (1959) and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. In 1933 she married the actor and singer Allan Webb. They had one daughter. Stella Gibbons died in 1989.
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