Janie of La Rochelle
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers)
Links with the Chalet School
Janie and Julian (Lucy) have their first daughter, Julie, a school friend of Bride Bettany's, who almost dies of appendicitis in BRIDE LEADS THE CHALET SCHOOL and is the first Head Girl of the school in Switzerland (THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA).
Cesca Eltringham, nee Atherton, cannot attend her sister Rosamund's wedding because of the early arrival of her daughter, Nita, later a Chalet School girl, and contemporary of Peggy Bettany.
Elizabeth Ozanne, nee Temple, gives birth to twin girls, Nella and Vanna, later Chalet School pupils.
Beth Chester, Anne Temple's eldest daughter and later member of the Chalet School Triumvirate with Daisy Venables and Gwensi Howell, is four years old. She creates a sensation at Janie's wedding when bored and decides she would rather play "horsie-gee" than be a flower girl.
Rosamund Atherton marries Nigel Willoughby - they are the parents of the Chalet School's Blossom and Judy.
Con Atherton and Rex Willoughby become engaged at Rosamund's wedding, though everyone considers them to be too young. They agree not to marry until Rex finishes university.
Elizabeth's sons, Michael and Bill, disappear from Janie's house, where they are staying before the twins are born and Miss La Touche helps to find them.
Julian's grandmother, Mrs. Orange, dies after a short illness, but before she dies,, she passes on much of her wisdom about life, love and marriage to Janie.
Anne and Peter Chester return to stay in Guernsey when Peter takes over the local doctor's practice.
Janie has a cooking disaster when she uses whitening instead of sugar in a particularly elaborate cake.
Janie and Julian's relationship and conversation could be directly substituted for Joey and Jack Maynard's - although in some places the language in the book is typically EBD syrupy sentimental.
Helen Bradley, Scotland __ working from a hardback edition.