O'Farrell, M. (2006). The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. London: Headline Publishing Group.
Dr Anne found this a deeply moving and beautifully written book. She was before her time and as a result Euphemia Lennox spent over 60 years in a mental institution. She went through the trauma of her maid and brother Hugo dying of typhoid. She had a fiery personality. She went to school to learn and have a career and not a marriage of convenience. She was raped and ended in an institution. Nobody visited...
She was discharged as a 70+ something year old to what turned out to be her granddaughter...
Dr Anne could not set the book down even although she should have been in the garden culling the grape hyacinths. She awards 9/10.
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