Janie of La Rochelle
Synopsis
This book covers the period from the last few days before Janie's wedding and through the first year-and-a-bit of her marriage. Janie is set to marry Julian Lucy, to whom she has been engaged for five years.
Julian delights Janie when he buys La Rochelle as their first married home. Janie, determined to recapture the happy times spent in the cottage with her sisters, Elizabeth and Anne, furnishes the cottage with much of the original furniture.
Janie settles down to be a housewife, with much success and a few disasters. She is troubled by the unwelcome attentions of a neighbour, Miss la Touche, who nevertheless proves to be helpful to Janie in a time of crisis.
More than content with her own marriage, Janie takes great interest in the love lives of her friends. As well as attending the wedding of Rosemary Atherton to Nigel Willoughby, she gently helps Cuthbert Clitheroe, a nephew of Miss La Touche, to meet Maidie Willoughby, which eventually results in another engagement. She also helps Allegra Atherton when she turns to Janie with a crisis in her relationship with a fellow actor.
JANIE OF LA ROCHELLE deals with love, marriage and motherhood among the La Rochelle regulars, and seems to be aimed at a slightly older audience than most EBD books.
Helen Bradley, Scotland __ working from a hardback edition.
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