Product Description

A story of two sisters voyaging to America during the Great War, from one of the most popular novelists of her time

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3162403 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 244 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781406807295
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
• Notes:

Review
'A mistress of irony' LISA ST AUBIN DE TERAN *'She has a wild sense of comedy' PENELOPE MORTIMER

About the Author
A greatly admired literary figure of her time, Elizabeth von Arnim was born in 1866 and brought up in England. She spent later years in Switzerland, the French Riviera and America, where she died in 1941.

Customer Reviews

Orphaned twin girls find a new life in America.
This delightful story of twin adolescent girls orphaned and traveling to a new life in the United States shortly before the U.S. enters World War I has all the fresh, comic charm of Elizabeth Von Arnim's other books. The girls, born of an English mother and a Prussian aristocrat father, find it difficult not to belong totally to one nation in time of war between those nations. They nickname themselves "Christopher" and "Columbus" because they will be discovering a new world for themselves and because as twins, they are almost the same person. Their binational identity brings them trouble everywhere, while their innocence, helplessness, and courage win them friends who help. Who will like this book? Twins, women of all ages, readers who appreciate how delicious the English language can be in the hands of a facile writer, historians of the period, those interested in what it's like to be a refugee or expatriate, and of course Von Arnim fans.

Delightful eve of WW I romance!
Reviewer: N, Seattle. As I began to write this, having just finished the book, I realized that if this story were a movie it would be a screwball comedy. There is sorrow, fear and laughter all lovingly written. The three main characters are delightful as they strive to find acceptance and finally love in the face of rejection and prejudice. This was written in 1916 and is still fresh and timely.
This the third book by this author that I have read and I hope there others.