JENNY OVERTON - The Ship from Simnel Street

London England, Faber & Faber ., 1986. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0571136494 Hardback Polly and Susannah had a snug and comfortable life at the bakery, and their mother had set her heart on securing them a safe and comfortable future. But England was at war, and silence swallowed up Polly's sweetheart when he was shipped off to fight the French. Polly herself, friends and neighbours, were all to be caught up in trying to get word to a vanished army. In Jenny Overton's new story, her first for some years, the baking of flockbread, cradle cake, revel buns and other delicacies, all appetizingly described, provides a piquant contrast to the touching story of Polly's romance. Tiny tear to D/J.