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INTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA'Highsmith probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of her novel. It is a masterly book, a haunting book, a book that lingers long in the memory and constantly disturbs and delights' The Times'A work of extraordinary force and feeling . . . her strongest, her most imaginative and by far her most substantial novel' New YorkerEdith Howland's diary is her most precious possession, and as she is moving house she is making sure it's safe. A suburban housewife in fifties America, she is moving to Brunswick with her husband Brett and her beloved son, Cliffie, to start a new life for them all. She is optimistic, but most of all she has high hopes for her new venture with Brett, a local newspaper, the Brunswick Corner Bugle.Life seems full of promise, and indeed, to read her diary, filled with her most intimate feelings and revelations, you would never think otherwise. Strange, then, that reality is so… Read More

Synopsis:Eustacia's parents were serious and solemn creatures who brought her up to be self-sufficient and almost totally unlovable.
Upon her parents' death Eustacia is dispatched to the Chalet School where the lifestyle comes as a huge shock.
Loathing the other girls as much as they loath her, she plans a horrible revenge.About the Author:Elinor Brent-Dyer was born in 1894 in South Shields on Tyneside. At eighteen she began a career in teaching which culminated when she founded The Margaret Roper School in Hereford. She was headmistress at the school from 1938 to 1948, during which she wrote and published 14 books. She continued to write up until her death in 1969.
Elinor Brent-Dyer wrote fifty-nine Chalet School titles, creating a well-loved series with a legion of dedicated fans.

Synopsis:It didn't take Joey long to realise that Thekla, the new fifth former, is one of the most impossible girls she has ever met.
As a new term gets under way the head girl has more problems in store. There's the staff party to plan, the mystery of the sabotaged clock, and the day when Evvy blows up the chemistry lab!About the Author:Elinor Brent-Dyer was born in 1894 in South Shields on Tyneside. At eighteen she began a career in teaching which culminated when she founded The Margaret Roper School in Hereford. She was headmistress at the school from 1938 to 1948, during which she wrote and published 14 books. She continued to write until her death in 1969.
Elinor Brent-Dyer wrote fifty-nine Chalet School titles, creating a well-loved series with a legion of dedicated fans.