Education
Born in Penstrowed near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Lewis was educated at Levana School, Wimbledon, and Westfield College, London.
( First published in 1934 to great acclaim, this enchanti...)
First published in 1934 to great acclaim, this enchanting autobiographical novel set in the Welsh borders vividly evokes the essence of childhood and a vanished way of life through the eyes of nine-year-old Lucy. She describes the great events—haymaking, harvest, a seaside holiday—set against the tapestry of the everyday routines of summer and winter, with the constant background of the garden outside. There is the world of the imagination too, which includes the invested heroes and heroines of childhood whose deeds are as important as those of any real person. Recapturing this world in a deceptively simple style, this novel brings to life the whims, terrors, and intense feelings of childhood.
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Born in Penstrowed near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Lewis was educated at Levana School, Wimbledon, and Westfield College, London.
She had a long period of work on the Sunday Times, where she became assistant editor, and from 1944 until her death in 1979 she also wrote for the magazine Country Life. In 1937 Lewis married William Graeme Hendrey and they had one daughter, Katrina. In letters written to Andrew Birkin by Nico Llewelyn Davies (part of the family that served as J M Barrie"s inspiration for Peter Pan) it was suggested that Lewis had once been a girlfriend of Nico"s brother Michael:
I"ve no idea whether she and Michael even held hands but she might well have a clue as to his feelings towards girls — and she loved JMB and all to do with us in those far off days.
( First published in 1934 to great acclaim, this enchanti...)
In the late 1930s, Lewis was briefly a member of the Peace Pledge Union.