![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite character, Marian, was a working woman in the Garden Room of Number 10. I did, however, want a little more from this book and quite a few things stopped a little short of being fulfilling for me. Title and rank can help, but it does not eliminate problems. Everyone has a past and everyone has societal pressures on their lives. One of the main lessons Valerie learns is that everyone around her facing their own battles. When I picked it back up, the book progressed much better than I had anticipated. I found the atmosphere a little too stuffy and the characters without a lot of depth. I actually put this book down after the first few chapters. With the help of her Aunt Anne, cousin Dorothy, and her debutante friends, Valerie is guided through her coming-out season. Valerie has been saved from a life of despair and brought to Number 10, but faces backlash from her fellow peers about her previous life. Focused on Valerie, the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's niece, the book describes the rise and fall of the British elite. ![]() The English debutantes are in full swing of their season of dances and balls, while the world around them begins to shift. The Last Debutantes: A Novel begins at the eve of World War II. ![]()
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