A loving but clear-eyed portrait of a family and an era, this is Victoria Glendinning's first book. Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle-class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie...