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Monica Dickens
Monica Dickens, MBE, 10 May 1915 - 25 December 1992, was the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens and author of over 40 books for adults and children.
Disillusioned with t...view moreMonica Dickens, MBE, 10 May 1915 - 25 December 1992, was the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens and author of over 40 books for adults and children.
Disillusioned with the world she was brought up in - she was expelled from St Paul's Girls' School in London before she was presented at court as a debutante - she decided to go into service and her experiences as a cook and general servant formed the basis of her first book, One Pair Of Hands in 1939. She married a United States Navy officer and moved to America where she continued to write, most of her books being set in Britain.
Monica Dickens had strong humanitarian interests and founded the Cape Cod and the Islands Samaritans in 1977, and it is for this charity that she recorded this audio edition of A Christmas Carol to benefit Samaritan crisis lines, support groups for those who have lost someone to suicide, and community outreach programs. In 1985 she returned to the UK after the death of her husband, and continued to write until her death on Christmas Day 1992.view less
Books by Monica Dickens
Joy and Josephine The Horses of Follyfoot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No More Meadows Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fancy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Happy Prisoner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Messenger Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Listeners Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One of the Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Angel in the Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMan Overboard Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dear Doctor Lily Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5