In Lizzie and Caroline, published in 1972, a young girl who was abandoned by her parents struggles to create a better life for herself and her brother by fleeing to an unoccupied cottage on the opposite shore. Meanwhile, a refurbished ship tries and fails to weather a storm at sea. The eventual union of ship and young girl makes Lizzie and Caroline an engrossing and wonderfully nostalgic novel.
In Lizzie and Caroline, published in 1972, a young girl who was abandoned by her parents struggles to create a better life for herself and her brother by fleeing to an unoccupied cottage on the opposite shore. Meanwhile, a refurbished ship tries and fails to weather a storm at sea. The eventual union of ship and young girl makes Lizzie and Caroline an engrossing and wonderfully nostalgic novel.