The flamboyant sashie is a brilliant and subtle character, as readers of jane duncans previous friends books know. On 10th march we commemorate the birthday of the author jane duncan, the pen name for elizabeth jane cameron 19101976. My friends the hungry generation has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Jf says she was absolutely hooked by reading the miss boyds. Buy my friends the macleans by duncan, jane from amazons fiction books store. Here she is again, now a determined young woman of twenty with a university degree. My friends the miss boyds by jane duncan was first published in 1959 and its the first of a long series of books.
Now, they can be attained through amazon on kindle. I think that some members of this community are based outside the uk and therefore may not have access to bbc radio scotland programme the book cafe and its segment on jane duncan. Some personal diaries belonging to jane duncan todd massey, and other bits of history from oconee county, south carolina. Janet sandison the narrator in all jane duncans books about her friends was brought up on a farm in rossshire in scotland and the story of two eventfu.
Taking a job with a cranky penfriend organization, she. At first they are figures of fun, but the tragedy that overtakes them arouses all the compassion of the highland people. Jane duncans subsequent writing career took her into the bestseller lists. Arts and culture jane duncan may be out of print for 40 years but she is about to be heard again she has the best of views in kirkmichael burial ground, jane duncan. Author jane duncans complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. From may 1972, beagle books edition of my friend monica. Elizabeth cameron pen name jane duncan grew up in scotland and lived in scotland, various parts of england and. Jane duncan may be out of print for 40 years but she is.
Here, seen through the uninhibited eyes of eightyearold. Buy my friends george and tom by jane duncan, in well read condition. I ave want d to reread them for a long while but libraries no longer carried them and they were not available to buy. My friend the swallow by jane duncan, hardcover barnes. Jane duncan spent her childhood in glasgow, going for holidays to the. Forsyth jf, then introduces viv cripps vc of millrace books who are republishing the first published book, my friends the miss boyds. Home archives and special collections special collections jane duncan. I took notes while listening to the programme and ive typed them up. Janet is an entrancing, zany creature, blessed with the right amount of humour, common sense, philosophy, a smattering of sex appeal, plus one hell. Buy my friend sandy by jane duncan from waterstones today.
Buy my friends the miss boyds new edition by jane duncan isbn. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. The same marvellous sense of the countryside and its people gives its colour and warmth to the story of flora. Jane duncan was the pen name of elizabeth jane cameron. She also wrote some childrens books, and four novels under the name of janet sandison, the heroine in the reachfar series. Jane duncan has 37 books on goodreads with 2069 ratings. Elizabeth jane cameron was born in renton in west dunbartonshire in 1910, and wrote novels under the pseudonym jane duncan. Fans were extremely pleased when my friends the miss boyds was reprinted in 2010.
My friend flora is set in the reachfar countrythe black isle in rossshirewhere the narrator, janet sandison, spent her childhood and which was the setting for the first of jane duncans enchanting books, my friends the miss boyds. The author whose real name was elizabeth jane cameron was born in renton, in the west of scotland just a couple of miles from where i grew up but she lived most of her childhood at her grandparents croft on the black isle in. Jane duncan has 37 books on goodreads with 2064 ratings. My friend sashie from the rail i looked down at sashies upturned face and the brilliant, early tropical sunlight made me think of the lights upon the stage of a theatre long ago. My friends from cairnton by jane duncan, 9781447297918, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Since then, gradually, most of her my friends series has been reissued in paperback. Janet sandison made her bow in my friends the miss boyds, jane duncan s sparkling first novel. My friends the misses kindness by jane duncan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I read all jane duncans friends books many years ago.
Mar 10, 2014 carbon copies of some of jane duncans own letters mitigate the onesided nature of the epistolary conversation found in personal archives. This book is the first in jane duncans engaging my friends series of nineteen. Jane duncan was the pseudonym of the author elizabeth jane cameron, best. Jane duncan lived from 10 march 1910 to 20 october 1976. Jane duncan was the pseudonym of the author elizabeth jane cameron, best known for her reachfar series of semiautobiographical novels, all with titles beginning with my friends. Aug 27, 2015 my friends from cairnton by jane duncan, 9781447297918, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Readers of any or all of jane duncan s friends novels will rejoice particularly in my friends george and tom, for the wise and funny characters of the title have played important supporting parts in many of the earlier books and finally have a book which is triumphantly their own. Books by jane duncan author of my friends the miss boyds.
Jane duncan 10 march 1910 20 october 1976 was the pseudonym of scottish writer elizabeth jane cameron, best known for her my friends series of semiautobiographical novels. Janet sandison the narrator in all jane duncan s books about her friends was brought up on a farm in rossshire in scotland and the story of two eventfu. Join facebook to connect with jane duncan and others you may know. Millers reachfar my friends series, book 11 reachfar my friends by jane duncan.
A lively, intelligent,empathic writer, duncan recreates the life of a small scottish village in the early twentieth century with humor and pathos. Jane duncan is a remarkable author in her objectivity. She can describe people in such a way that you have your own independent opinion of them and dont necessarily like or dislike the same people her protagonist who in the my friends books is basically her does. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. My friend the swallow by jane duncan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The nineteen friends novels, beginning with my friends the miss boyds 1959, are those most associated with the author, although she wrote a quartet on the life of jean robertson, five childrens novels and three children picture books. Aug 27, 2015 the flamboyant sashie is a brilliant and subtle character, as readers of jane duncan s previous friends books know. Apart from this only her picture books remain in print. She also wrote four novels under the name of her principal heroine janet sandison, and some childrens books.
Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Janet sandison made her bow in my friends the miss boyds, jane duncans sparkling first novel. My friends the mrs millers published 1965 my friends from cairnton published 1966 both by jane duncan it is the 19. Mar 09, 2018 jane duncan is a remarkable author in her objectivity. The author whose real name was elizabeth jane cameron was born in renton, in the west of scotland just a couple of miles from where i grew up but she lived most of her childhood at her grandparents croft on the black isle in the highlands. My friends the hungry generation by jane duncan 20150827 jan 1, 1612. She is best known for her my friends series of books, but also wrote other novels and some childrens books. Aug 27, 2015 janet is an entrancing, zany creature, blessed with the right amount of humour, common sense, philosophy, a smattering of sex appeal, plus one hell of a temper. My friend flora is set in the reachfar countrythe black isle in rossshirewhere the narrator, janet sandison, spent her childhood and which was the setting for the first of jane duncan s enchanting books, my friends the miss boyds. Jane duncan is a scottish writer neglected by critics and ripe for reappraisal. Jane duncan was the pseudonym of scottish writer elizabeth jane cameron, best known for her my friends series of semiautobiographical novels.
My friend flora my friend flora is set in the reachfar countrythe black isle in rossshirewhere the narrator, janet sandison, spent her childhood and which was the setting for the first of jane duncan s enchanting books, my friends the miss boyds. This series is similar except the time period is from the 1920s through the early 1960s. One carbon letter confirms the existence of a twentieth manuscript for the my friends series. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Here, seen through the uninhibited eyes of eightyearold janet sandison, is a vanished worldan isolated community living by its own unquestioned code of decency and integrity. Jane duncan may be out of print for 40 years but she is about.
One of the fascinating things about jane austins books is that you learn about what it was like to live in another time while getting great stories about people. Jane duncan was the pseudonym of scottish writer elizabeth jane cameron, bestknown for her my friends series of semiautobiographical novels. See all books authored by jane duncan, including my friends the miss boyds, and my friends george and tom, and more on. Sexuality, race and colonialism in the my friends novels. My friends george and tom by jane duncan used well. These books are so enjoyable and comforting, they do seem like friends to me. My friend flora by jane duncan overdrive rakuten overdrive. Scottish novelist jane duncans semiautobiographical my friends series was dismissed by postwar critics as lightweight, at a time when a coterie of angry young men monopolized the attention of the british publishing establishment. My friends the hungry generation book by jane duncan 5. Jane duncan books list of books by author jane duncan. Modern readers will recognize feminist motifs, a wideranging examination of womens education and work in. The same marvellous sense of the countryside and its people gives its colour and warmth to the story of flora bedamned and her family.
She also wrote some childrens books, and four novels under the name of. Into this remote backwater come the miss boydsa clutch of flighty, townbred sisters. My friend flora my friend flora is set in the reachfar countrythe black isle in rossshirewhere the narrator, janet sandison, spent her childhood and which was the setting for the first of jane duncans enchanting books, my friends the miss boyds. The long my friend series by janet duncan, is semiautobiographical fiction, from her childhood in the scottish highlands, through her service in england during world war ii, her marriage and life on a caribbean sugarproducing island, to her return to scotland after the death of her husband. My friends the miss boyds by jane duncan pining for the west. Readers of any or all of jane duncans friends novels will rejoice particularly in my friends george and tom, for the wise and funny characters of the title have played important supporting parts in many of the earlier books and finally have a book which is triumphantly their own.
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