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Helen with the High Hand

Written by: Arnold Bennett
Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
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Publisher's Summary

Bennett described his story as an 'idyllic diversion'.

Helen Rathbone meets her elderly uncle, James Ollerenshaw, in Bursley Park, after an estrangement of several years. Both are very strong-willed, independent characters. Helen has an extravagant lifestyle and likes to spend money while the old man has lived a thrifty life and intends to continue in the same way. However, they develop a friendship which progresses rapidly, and Helen moves in to James' house to look after him.

A battle of wills begins in earnest. Both use all the cunning and emotional blackmail they can muster to get their own ways, and both experience a transformation as romance comes knocking at the door.

A wonderfully humorous and observant study of human nature and life in the Potteries at the turn of the century.

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