Donna wrote: |
I always have mixed feelings about this book. Once I actually start reading it, I love it - after all, it's the start of the series and really does set the characters and the school up well. For some reason though, it's not a book I choose to read very often. |
Polly wrote: |
I like the book. But I still have problems with Madge being able to start a school at her age, even though it was in a different country. She was very young and as far as I am aware, had no experience. Seems a very bold thing to do, and how could people entrust their daughters to her? Did she have any qualifications? EBD had some before she set up her's, didn't she? |
EBD wrote: |
He knew very well that Madge had set her heart on this project, and that he had neither the strength of will nor the authority to turn her from her purpose. They were twins, and all their lives long she had been the one to plan for them both. If she had determined to start this school, nothing he could say or do could prevent her. |
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tourists passing through the area (the Stevens, the Carricks, the di Ferraras) spontaneously decide to park their teenage daughters at a brand new boarding school set up by a twenty-four year old while they go off and cavort round Europe. |
Róisín wrote: |
One thing I am wondering about and maybe someone will be able to answer – why did she insist on being called Madame? Is that not the title for a French married woman? EBD spent long enough ensuring that the various nationalities were given their titles in the appropriate language. If anything, shouldn’t Madge have been Mademoiselle, although I realise that this would have confused her with Mlle. La P. |
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