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1915-1992. Brought up in London and educated at St Paul's Girls' school, Monica Dickens worked in factories and hospitals during the Second World War. In 1959 she married and moved to America, and in 1974 she founded the first American branch of the Samaritans in Boston. After her husband's death in 1985 she returned to England, and died in 1992. She has written nearly fifty works of fiction and non fiction.


CHRONICLE OF A WORKING LIFE

SUTTON (31 Jul 04)

'Surely, I thought, 'there's something more to life than just going to parties that one doesn't enjoy, with people one doesn't even like?'

So starts Monica Dickens's trio of well-loved autobiographical novels, ONE PAIR OF HANDS, ONE PAIR OF FEET, and MY TURN TO MAKE THE TEA. Monica had been a debutante in the 1930s, and her forays into the world of work as, respectively, a cook-general, a nurse and a local newspaper reporter began in a spirit of rebellion against the dreary boredom of waiting around for a suitable husband. She relates, with well-judged exaggeration and fictional flourishes, the pitfalls, pleasures and painfully funny moments that coloured her experiences, giving us a wonderful snapshot of mid-twentieth-century life.

ISBN: 0 7509 3784 X

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NEW ARRIVAL AT FOLLYFOOT

MAMMOTH (24 Apr 95)


THE GREAT FIRE

REED (13 Sep 93)


SPRING COMES TO WORLD'S END

REED (13 May 93)


WORLD'S END IN WINTER

REED (13 May 93)


HOUSE AT WORLD'S END

REED (13 May 93)


ONE OF THE FAMILY

PENGUIN (1 Apr 93)


SCARRED

THORPE (1 Jun 92)


DORA AT FOLLYFOOT

REED (5 Mar 92)


CLOSED AT DUSK

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DEAR DOCTOR LILY

PENGUIN (1 May 89)


ENCHANTMENT

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CRY OF A SEAGULL

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THE HAUNTING OF BELLAMY

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A VIEW FROM THE SEESAW (CO-AUTHOR WITH LOU STERNBERG)

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THE MESSENGER

HARPERCOLLINS (30 Sep 85)


MIRACLES OF COURAGE

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BALLAD OF FAVOUR

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IS ANYONE THERE? (ED. WITH ROSEMARY SUTCLIFFE)

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THE HEART OF LONDON

PENGUIN (29 Sep 77)


HEART OF LONDON

PENGUIN (26 Sep 77)


STRANGER AT FOLLYFOOT

REED (18 Oct 76)


HORSES AT FOLLYFOOT

REED (20 Oct 75)


TALKING OF HORSES

REED (Mar 74)


LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS YOUNG

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OPEN BOOK

HEINEMAN (Jun 72)


SUMMER AT WORLD'S END

REED (Jun 72)


THURSDAY AFTERNOONS

PENGUIN (1 Jun 72)


ONE PAIR OF FEET

JOSEPH (1 Dec 71)


MAN OVERBOARD

JOSEPH (19 Jul 71)


FLOWERS ON THE GRASS

PENGUIN (5 Apr 71)


MARIANA

JOSEPH (1 Nov 70)


LISTENERS

HEINEMAN (13 Apr 70)


THE GREAT ESCAPE

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THE HAPPY PRISONER

PENGUIN (1 Jul 69)


MY TURN TO MAKE TEA

JOSEPH (1 Apr 69)


THE LANDLORD'S DAUGHTER

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ROOM UPSTAIRS

HEINEMAN (24 Apr 66)


KATE & EMMA

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COBBLER'S DREAM

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ONE PAIR OF HANDS

PENGUIN (1 Jul 61)


NO MORE MEADOWS

JOSEPH (1 Apr 59)


THE ANGEL IN THE CORNER

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THE WINDS OF HEAVEN

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JOY & JOSEPHINE

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THE FANCY

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THE WAITING ROOM

PENGUIN


FOLLYFOOT

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