Miss Ranskill Comes Home Explained

Miss Ranskill Comes Home is a novel by Barbara Euphan Todd. It was first published in 1946, under her married name, Barbara Bower.

Plot introduction

The novel tells the story of a woman who returns to England after being stranded on a desert island during the Second World War.

Reception

Rosamund Lehmann described it as "a work of great originality … a blend of fantasy, satire and romantic comedy".[1] The novel was reissued in 2003 by Persephone Books.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss Ranskill Comes Home . Diana Hendry . 2004-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605115714/http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/books/20565/two-very-different-islands.thtml . 2011-06-05 . 2008-11-03 . dead .