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Sometimes she wished she could stick up a large notice saying: "FOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT TOO MANY" . . .

Raising four young children on her own in the years of postwar rationing, widowed Dinah tends to be the subject of sympathetic murmurs. But though she has little money,... Read Full Overview

Dinah's husband is killed in a flying accident, leaving her with four children to bring up. After his death, life is hard, fighting back loneliness and eking out a meager pension. So when her brother Dan, newly demobbed from the Navy, arrives to whisk them away to the seaside,... Read Full Overview

When Dinah was 19. Gilbert was a sort of fairy prince, she had loved him madly but gradually she had begun to realize that he was not quite as wonderful as she had imagined. Despite keeping her eyes firmly shut, her heart had known there was something wrong. When Gilbert is killed... Read Full Overview