The Young Clementina

by D.E. Stevenson

Book Overview

Love, Loss, and Love Again...

Charlotte Dean enjoys nothing more than the solitude of her London flat and the monotonous days of her work at a travel bookshop. But when her younger sister unceremoniously bursts into her quiet life one afternoon, Charlotte's world turns topsy-turvy.

Beloved author D.E. Stevenson captures the intricacies of post-World War I England with a light, comic touch that perfectly embodies the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402274718
• ISBN13: 9781402274718
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Thwarted love

When Clare's all-but-fiance returns from WWI totally cynical and nasty, she settles into spinsterhood, poverty, and loneliness. But after his disappearance she returns to the country to raise his daughter, and eventually comes to understand the deception that destroyed her lover. An unusually dark novel for Stevenson, it is extremely enjoyable and gripping. Written and set a bit earlier than most of books, it's interesting to see her show some poverty instead of all of the upper class British nobs with servants.