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Liverpool, 1934. Hester Lowe agrees to act as governess to spoiled, self-willed little Lonnie Hetherington-Smith when they leave India to live with Lonnie’s elderly aunt in Shaw Street, Liverpool. Hester speedily realises that her new employer dislikes her niece and means to make life uncomfortable for both of them. Things improve a little when they meet the poor but happy Bailey family, who live in a court off Heyworth Street. Hester likes Dick Bailey very much, but her employer does not permit 'followers', and Lonnie and young Ben Bailey are deadly enemies.

In Poor Little Rich Girl, a captivating childrens fantasy, we meet Gwendolyn, a lonely little girl yearning for companionship. Isolated by her indifferent wealthy parents and left in the care of uncaring servants, Gwendolyns world takes a fantastical turn when a mishap with her nannys medicine transports her to a bewildering realm where metaphors spring to life. Join Gwendolyn on her enchanting journey of self-discovery and friendship. (Summary by Susan Umpleby)

My life has been a series of, “I can’t make this stuff up” for as long as I can remember. It led me to embrace a motto in life that life provides us with enough stories to fill the pages of a book, but it is the stories we choose to fill those pages with that make the book interesting to read. Some of the names have been changed, but the ones that embrace the weirdness and fully embraced the journey remain. You would have had to have known my father and I to truly believe what the following stories entail. Such is the magical life of being the daughter of John Z. Delorean.