This author masterfully blends intricate courtship plots with vividly realized settings and subtle social satire. Her novels evolved to explore the emotional lives of protagonists against the backdrop of significant modern historical developments, such as Turkey's rapid transition to a modern republic with equal rights for women. Beyond her fiction, her literary contributions also encompass thrilling narratives featuring a female amateur detective, insightful travelogues, and personal family memoirs.
As a wife and mother of three, Lady Kilmichael felt her task in the home was finished. As the artist Grace Stanway, she was well-known and successful in her own right. The question now was whether her home or her career would predominate.