Monica Dickens crafted narratives that keenly observed everyday life and human relationships, often drawing from her own experiences. Her writing delves into the inner lives of characters, revealing their joys and struggles with an authentic voice. Dickens aimed to entertain readers and inspire recognition of their own lives within her stories, creating a compelling and relatable literary world. Her distinctive style is marked by its directness and a profound ability to capture the subtleties of human nature.
Dora is invited out to America to help set up a home of rest for horses. When she leaves and is given a horse to take back to Follyfoot, she can't believe her luck. One of the horses falls ill. And it looks like the same epidemic that is sweeping America . Has Dora's horse brought the disease to England?
Leonard's life has never seemed safer or better. Then through the door comes Toby, he brings with him the excitement of change but he is not what he appears to be, and in the end brings tragedy.
Follyfoot die Pferdefarm Auf einem Hügel, inmitten von saftigen, grünen Wiesen liegt Follyfoot die Pferdefarm. Ein Ort, an dem sich Pferde so richtig wohl fühlen können. Auch die Kinder Callie, Dora und Paul haben hier ein Zuhause gefunden. Tatkräftig greifen sie dem ‚Captain‘ unter die Arme. Doch nicht überall ist ihr Engagement gern gesehen, und mancher Nachbar versucht ihnen einen bösen Streich zu spielen … Die Kinder auf Follyfoot Eine große Herausforderung für Dora und Paul: Der ‚Captain‘ ist krank geworden und hat den Freunden die Verantwortung für die Pferde übertragen. Alles läuft reibungslos, doch dann bringt Dora das verwilderte Pferd Barney auf den Hof. Das äußerst verängstigte Tier entpuppt sich schon bald als großes Springtalent. Die Pferde auf Follyfoot Ein Amerikaner sorgt für Aufregung: Bei seinem Englandbesuch hat Dr. Blankenheimer die Follyfoot-Farm kennengelernt. Nun möchte er einen ähnlichen Hof in Amerika einrichten. Kurzerhand lädt er Dora zu sich ein, damit sie ihm beim Aufbau hilft. Ob das Projekt mit ihrer Unterstützung Erfolg haben wird?
Lieutenant-Commander, the hero of this novel, is axed from the Navy at the age of 36, one of many thousands obliged to re-plan their lives as the result of cuts in the armed services. A widower with a small daughter, he has no experience or knowledge outside submarines and the Royal Navy. His whole life had been that of a sailor since he joined up direct from school at the beginning of the war. This is not only the story of his struggles and adventures when he tries to find some way of earning his living; it is the story of his difficulty in adjusting himself to an unfamiliar civilian world. Monica Dickens's novel is the story of all such men in any of the services who find themselves so rudely thrust into the ordinary life of their country which, though they have served unselfishly, they find they are ill-equipped to live in. Written with the lighter humorous touch of some of her earlier books, it is a sympathetic presentation of the human side of one of those mass adjustments forced on society by the changing nature of the world and its affairs.
When two young women, Lily and Ida, meet on a flight to America they embark on a relationship that is to see them through two very different marriages and is to bring them comfort and distress, joy and tragedy, in equal measure as the years unfold.
Ser feliz en el Fin del mundo no es difícil. Tom, Carrie, Em y Michael lo son, aunque sus padres no estén con ellos, aunque la casa en la que viven esté semiderruida… Pero tienen a su alcance todos los animales que desean. La británica Monica Dickens ha escrito una estupenda novela de humor, que describe las andanzas de una familia nada convencional.
