Bel Lamington, D. E. Stevenson
Bel Lamington, D. E. Stevenson
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Bel Lamington

Author: D. E. Stevenson

Narrator: Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2021


Synopsis

Bel Lamington finds London a very lonely place – until a young artist literally drops in on her rooftop garden... Bel, an orphan daughter of an Army colonel, is brought up in an English village and flung into the whirl of London life to earn a hard living as a secretary while attempting to navigate romance, unexpected friendships and urban life. Shy and sensitive, she is unaware of the pitfalls that surround her. When Bel is offered a chance to leave London and venture to a fishing hotel in Scotland for a much needed holiday with an old school friend, things begin to change. There she learns that you cannot escape from your troubles by running away from them…

Reviews

Happy tears! I loved this so much! A new to me DES to love? Tra la la!! This book reminds me why DES is a beloved author for me. She has the Trollopian gift of loving her characters and making them fly off the page. The heart of this story is a lonely young woman who finds belonging in friendship an......more

Goodreads review by Dorcas

2.5 Stars IN A NUTSHELL: A young woman (orphan) works as a secretary at well known shipping firm and lives in a little apartment with a balcony she uses as a garden. One day a man climbs the neigboring roofs and literally drops in on her. Thus begins an innocent friendship. Things happen at the firm......more