The novel is dedicated to her friend Mary Bastard
.
Dell, Penelope. Nettie and Sissie. Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
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Germaine Greer
later borrowed this novel's title for her book about women painters, 1979.
Friends, Associates
Ethel M. Dell
She was a woman who enjoyed her solitude. Her friends throughout her life numbered mostly unmarried women with domestic duties, like Mary Bastard
, Violet Ebsworth
, and her sister-in-law Norah Savage
. She formed...
