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Can I read A Little Learning on EtoBox?

A Little Learning by Anne Bennett is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Little Learning about?

Can an ordinary girl dare to be different? The compelling new bestseller from Birmingham's Queen of Fiction Janet is determined to make something of herself, instead of being chained to a sink with a baby a year like most women of her generation. She passes her eleven-plus and wins a scholarship to go to a good grammar school, but her father refuses to believe that girls have the right to do anything other than look after their husbands and raise children. Struggling to fit in at her new school and picked on by the other girls, Janet befriends, Ruth, another lonely pupil whose Jewish family have suffered many hardships. Janet and Ruth forge a strong friendship through her school life and beyond. But will their friendship survive when Janet falls for Ruth's brother, Ben –marriage to a Catholic girl would go against everything his community hold dear. When the whole world seems stacked against her, can Janet hold onto her dreams?

Who reads A Little Learning?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Anne Bennett
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780007547838
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Mystery, Fiction
Rating
3.85 / 5 (117 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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