Roses and Rainbows

Belfast, Northern Ireland : Blackstaff Press, 1974. Second Edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Rowel Friers. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card covers are a little woen, with some bumped corners, some soft creases and some fading Not sure if this book fits under the heading of 'history' but the topic covers growing up in County Antrim and the life in the Northern Irish countryside. The Foreword was written by J C Beckett, a Professor of Irish History.


Mary, the little girl who first won the hearts of readers in Other Days Around Me, is growing up. Now fifteen and an orphan, she is starting her first job as a Monitress, that strange hybrid teacher-pupil so essential to the educational system of the time. With characteristic perception and irony she brings to life the joys and sorrows of a country family in the reign of Edward VII. B & W illustrations