And Bruiny Came Too - Surridge, Judie; Surridge, Jo-Anne
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Judy is a complete misfit at her boarding school. Shortly after WWII at the age of nine, she arrives, complete with school trunk and lacrosse stick, clutching Bruiny, her beloved bear. Life away from home is a rude awakening and Judy always seems to be in some trouble or another. This miscellany of memories will surely strike a chord with those old enough to remember their school days in the 1950s, and for younger readers maybe, give an insight of what it was like growing up in the post-war years when so many subjects were just not mentioned, and 'female things' were learnt from ones' peers who were equally ignorant.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Judy is a complete misfit at her boarding school. Shortly after WWII at the age of nine, she arrives, complete with school trunk and lacrosse stick, clutching Bruiny, her beloved bear. Life away from home is a rude awakening and Judy always seems to be in some trouble or another. This miscellany of memories will surely strike a chord with those old enough to remember their school days in the 1950s, and for younger readers maybe, give an insight of what it was like growing up in the post-war years when so many subjects were just not mentioned, and 'female things' were learnt from ones' peers who were equally ignorant.
Autorenporträt
Judie has been many things in her time: heating engineer, telesales person, Tupperware agent/manager, hot lingerie demonstrator - that was fun! - choir mistress, probation worker, folk singer and for 20 years a sailing instructor (which included cooking romantic dinners on a luxury yacht). She now spends her time cruising the canals on a 60' narrowboat with husband John and ship's dog Calamity, but that's another story... Nothing at boarding school prepared her for such a life, but her experiences there gave her a strong self of survival and the belief that anything was possible. This, her first book, is a miscellany of memories of seven formative years at a traditional girls' boarding school and will surely strike a chord with those sent away to school 60 odd years ago! And maybe give an insight of what it was like growing up in the post-war years when so many subjects just weren't mentioned and 'female things' were learnt from ones' peers who were equally ignorant! Jo-Anne is an illustrator, living and working in the Bordeaux region of France. Amid the local vines, she refined her skills as a watercolour painter, exhibiting regularly throughout the region and winning several prizes for her pen and ink sketches. She has illustrated children's books, the most recent, Moffy, was published last year.