Air Hostess Ann by Pamela Hawken
The first time I flew I was already established in my career. I went on a school trip from Wishaw in post-industrial Lanarkshire to Schweinfurt…
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Janet Carr: Journalist by Josephine Kamm
Now journalism is something I might have considered if the careers service my school used had been slightly more interested in my future. I still…
Margaret Becomes a Doctor by Joan Llewelyn Owens
Following on from yesterday's foray into the medical world, today I bring you Margaret Becomes a Doctor. And another profession that it would never have…
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The Sue Barton Series by Helen Dore Boylston
When I first floated the idea of taking a stroll through my collection of career novels, one of my friends put in a request for…
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My Lockdown Books: Sixty Nine
You might think I've chosen another book by Elinor Brent-Dyer to include in this lockdown selection but I haven't - although I understand why you…
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Five
Juliet in Publishing by Elizabeth Churchill is a book I've added to my collection as an adult and it's one of my favourite career novels. …
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Six
Yes, I know that I’ve already written about one of LM Montgomery’s books but it’s my birthday so I’m indulging myself. No-one is surprised that…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Four
I have five books by Gordon Cooper. As far as I have been able to find out that's all he wrote. A Time in a…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Six
As many of you will know, Jean Estoril was one of Mabel Esther Allan's pseudonyms. I, however, did not know that when I came across…
My Lockdown Books: Thirty Nine
A few years ago, when I was rationalising my book collection, I took the dramatic step of getting rid of my Elsie Oxenham books. I…
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