Letters to my Daughter.

Summerskill (Edith)

Letters to my Daughter.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. [vi], 205, crown 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt and faded, edges spotted, a few spots to endpapers, dustjacket slightly frayed, very good

Publication Details: Heinemann, 1957

Notes: Laid in is a letter, dated 14/9/81 on House of Commons headed paper, from the recipient of the letters in this volume, Shirley Summerskill, returning this book unsigned 'as it was written by my mother who died last year at the age of 78'. The letters follow Shirley Summerskill's journey from school, at the tail-end of the Second World War, to Somerville College, Oxford, and then as a trainee doctor (in the footsteps of her mother, both were subsequently Members of Parliament); they are full of frank advice and discussion....moreLaid in is a letter, dated 14/9/81 on House of Commons headed paper, from the recipient of the letters in this volume, Shirley Summerskill, returning this book unsigned 'as it was written by my mother who died last year at the age of 78'. The letters follow Shirley Summerskill's journey from school, at the tail-end of the Second World War, to Somerville College, Oxford, and then as a trainee doctor (in the footsteps of her mother, both were subsequently Members of Parliament); they are full of frank advice and discussion. HIDE