Rediscover the brilliance of Fenny in the Mermaid Collection - timeless classics by pioneering
female authors beautifully reissued to enchant today's readers. A richly evocative
coming-of-age novel Fenny follows a young English governess who falls deeply in love with
Tuscany in 1933 even as she faces the pain of unrequited love and the shadows of political
unrest. With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey 'The strange city through which they drove was
the scenery of a dream . . .' Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad. But
when her mother dies this young woman finds herself taking a position as governess to an
English girl in Florence in the summer of 1933. Little does Ellen realise how this girl
Juliet and her family will claim her. For as the summer passes Ellen falls so in love with
Italy and her new home that she cannot bear to leave - even when her own hopes of love are
cruelly thwarted. Even when the shadow of war falls across the country she doesn't flee but
clings on - for her friends for those she loves more than herself. Ellen - selfless
big-hearted accepting - cannot know what is coming. Yet she will not face it alone . . .
Praise for Lettice Cooper: 'A writer of quiet but strong deep and varied gifts' Sunday
Telegraph 'A storyteller of adventures of the heart' Jilly Cooper
