Florence Norris series by Dorothy CannellRequirements: epub Reader, 2.6MBOverview: Dorothy Cannell, a mother of four, grandmother of ten, and owner of a King Charles Spaniel, was born in England and moved to the United States when she was twenty. After living in Peoria, Illinois, for years, she and her husband recently moved to Belfast, Maine. […]
Dolly’s Mixture: A Memoir of London’s East End by Dorothy ScannellRequirements: ePUB, MOBI reader, 1.2 NBOverview: The Guild’s guest speaker told us of his great joy when, walking one day, he espied a lady who possessed an unusual knocker. He offered her £3 for this collector’s item and she was thrilled to be able to […]
Mother Knew Best: Memoirs of a London Girlhood by Dorothy ScannellRequirements: ePUB reader, 791 KBOverview: ‘Cheer up,’ said Mother. ‘Don’t make your unhappy life miserable.’ Before Jennifer Worth and other East End memoirists, there was Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Scannell. In the East End of Dolly’s childhood, people met poverty and hardship with unfailing optimism and humour. […]
Dolly’s War: A Memoir from the Home Front by Dorothy ScannellRequirements: ePUB, MOBI reader, 1.2 MBOverview: On a narrow wooden armchair-bed was lying our hostess. Her nightdress was up round her neck. The organist, on his knees, in the nude, was deep in prayer, his face bent in reverence over his bride’s prostrate form. Ever […]
Down the Garden Path by Dorothy CannellRequirements: .ePUB reader, 333 KBOverview: Tessa Fields was left on the doorstep of an English vicarage and adopted by the vicar and his wife. At 21, she’s devised a plan to discover who her birth mother was. Her plan involves suitor Harry Harkness, and faking amnesia, and imposing on […]