About this book
A novel which begins at the turn of the 20th century and follows the life of Polly Flint through the century. Polly goes to live on the isolated northeast coast of Yorkshire with her spinster aunts when she is six and remains there into her own old age. Often feeling marooned, she regards Robinson Crusoe as her hero.
Subjects
Jewish RefugeesWomen teachersOrphansJewish childrenFictionLoss (Psychology)Fiction, romance, generalFiction, psychologicalTeachers, fictionEngland, fictionJews, fictionNew York Times reviewed