Women, Work and Family


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Women, Work and Family is a classic of women's history and is still the only text on the history of women's work in England and France, providing an excellent introduction to the changing status of women from 1750 to the present.




Tilly's Family


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Though she has had her share of tragedy, Tilly Reeder believes she is leading a happy and fulfilled life as a servant in an ancient cottage on the Isle of Sheppey. This changes when she meets David Mann, a brave and altruistic slum doctor, and she faces the biggest challenge of her life.




Tilly's Staycation


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Tilly's friends are all going to exciting places for their vacations, but she is staying at home. Mom says they'll have a great time together, but Tilly thinks it's impossible to have any vacation fun at home! Or is it? Read Gillian Hibbs's debut picture book to find out exactly what Tilly's mom has in mind.




Tilly the Trickster


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Tilly loves to play pranks on everyone around her, but when her family decides to turn the tables Tilly needs to decide if she should change.




A Temporary Family


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A former soldier just wants solitude, but a stranded beauty needs his protection—and his services as a pretend husband . . . When Tilly Hargreaves and her three nieces are stranded at his small stagecoach station in an abandoned Nebraska town and threatened by outlaws, Nolan West must protect them. And the only way he can do that is by pretending he’s married to Tilly. But can the former solider, whose only wish is for solitude, stop himself from growing attached to his temporary family? Tilly knows the charade is necessary to keep her and the girls safe, but now her heart is in danger. The longer she pretends the stoic station agent is her husband, the more genuine their union feels. Nolan believes he’s better off alone, but Tilly’s certain that if he’d only open his heart to his make-believe family, he’d want to claim them as his for real . . .








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My Stylish French Girlfriends


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Meet 20 beautiful, creative French women who live with passion; work every day; and love to take care ot their homes and families. Visit them in their grand chateaux or charming little country cottages or Parisian apartments. Learn where they shop, where they work, where they play, how they dress, and how they entertain. Absorb each girlfriend's style and joie de vivre. Santoni's affectionate writing, along with gorgeous photography, tells each woman's story with an intimacy usually reserved for the closest of girlfriends. SHARON SANTONI-SMITH grew up in England but married a Frenchman and has raised her family in Normandy, France. Her blog, My French Country Home, is read daily by thousands all over the world. She writes about life in rural France; the ups and downs of family life; her inspiring French girlfriends; the intricacies of village life; and her love of searching for brocante treasure in the flea markets of Paris and the countryside.




Women, Work, and Family


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First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.