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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 November 1938, Page 9

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[). ♦ Elizabeth Frayne is a young writer rt whose books have disclosed a great knowledge of human nature and the ] possession of a keen sense o: humour. In “Champagne in Spring” she tells of e- the experiences of Sandra Loring, a young woman brought up in a more/s or-less olcLworld atmosphere in a Cotswold home, who, wearied of her 1, conditions in a home not too well endewed with worldly wealth, is assisted by an older sister to persuade her parents to allow her to go to London to seek a career. Of course she was 1 • thrilled with the change to a Chelsea boarding house conducted by an old l ’ s school friend of her sister, and occupied by others with a similar objective. Leaving a faithful admirer behind her, she looked for romance and ■F found it. She married, but not to '* affluence. There came misimdei standing and poverty. Her success with j love-songs did not improve relations ’ With her husband till the time came j when they met like strangers. Then ’ other things happened and they arc j well-told in a story alive with interest. The ending, with one of many gramophone records, accompanying it, will satisfy most readers. This is a Hoddcr and Stoughton publication.