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Author
Series
Daughters of Hampshire volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Victorian England, a young woman returns home from India after the death of her family to discover her identity and inheritance are challenged by the man who holds her future in his hands"--
3) Emma
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find...
4) Hanging up
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Three sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particulary close.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by her father and neglected by her self-centered, unstable mother, Sheila McGee cannot wait to escape the drudgery of her mill village life in Northern Ireland. Her classic Irish beauty helps her win the 1941 Linen Queen competition, and the prize money that goes with it finally gives her the opportunity she's been dreaming of. But Sheila does not count on the impact of the Belfast blitz which brings World War II to her doorstep. Now even...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Set in England during the Second World War, a five-part drama that captures the sacrifices and experiences of four young women in the Women's Land Army. Sharing hardships and working alongside captured POWs, Annie, Bea, Joyce and Nancy toil in the fields to grow food for the war effort.