My great aunts were also 'surplus girls' - born to the generation where so many of the young men had died during the war (or just after during the flu epidemic).
So much revealed already - the loss of Ben, the loss of an education, the loss of bright colours in her life - whilst stuck with a father who gambles / drinks his wages away, and the in-laws who expect her to stay in mourning .
Interested to know what happens next.
So much revealed already - the loss of Ben, the loss of an education, the loss of bright colours in her life - whilst stuck with a father who gambles / drinks his wages away, and the in-laws who expect her to stay in mourning .
Interested to know what happens next.