The Lonely Girl. London: Jonathan Cape ,1962. First Edition. Mauve cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket designed by Hofbauer. Gum residue to front pastedown, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Bookplate Signed by the Author, Loosely Inserted

The author’s second book in ‘The Country Girls Trilogy comprising The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl (1962), and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964).

The trilogy follows the fortunes of friends Kate Brady and Baba Brennan struggling against the confines of a rural Irish convent school; revelling in the bright lights of Dublin; and weathering the unexpected challenges of married life in London.