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title: "Too Marvellous For Words"
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# Too Marvellous For Words

**Brand:** julie welch
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Rattling read!
  

*by R***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2017*

A book that rattles along brilliantly, joyfully, sometimes tragically, taking us back to an era and experiences that will never be replicated and yet have firmly left their stamp on those who went through them.  Julie Welch takes a wicked swipe here and there, but tries to be fair and understanding towards the most ogre-like of characters, even within her own family, and isn't short on self-criticism either.  The result is a book that reads not as a rant or political diatribe (which it so easily could have been) but as a dizzying ride through eccentric if not sadistic behaviour, coming-of-age trauma and jolly japes, laced with examples of wonderful and lasting friendships.I would just hope more men will read this book: it's an easy and undemanding read with lots of funny bits, and might teach some of them where their wives/partners have come from.I was at briefly at Felixstowe College but my memories are pretty vague, so it was good to be reminded of the atmosphere of the place even though Julie Welch's accounts are of a time maybe 3-4 years ahead of me.  I was in the dreaded Latimer where every ounce of individuality was squeezed out of you and, yes, you were forced to do Chemistry whether you had any aptitude or not!  But this book should appeal not just to those who went to Felixstowe - it's an accurate description of how a lot of girls were 'educated' up to the 1960s:  the almost unbearable pressure from a school wanting you to achieve good results and yet also expecting you to be a well-behaved young lady; wanting to appear egalitarian, and yet fawning over titles and wealth, humiliating girls who had neither.  So it's a welcome slice of sociology on a group which doesn't often get its time in the sun, or is misunderstood, and can be enjoyed by anybody.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Horrendous school years
  

*by S***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2017*

Thank you Julie for your truly descriptive writing on the world inhabited by the "young Ladies " who attended Felixstowe College in the sixties.Myself and my two sisters were there at this time. Unfortunately we were placed in Latimer. I had a nervous breakdown at 16, my younger sister was severely bullied and although the House mistress was aware this was not acted on. My older sister became very anorexic.For us this was a shocking place , I remember clearly being extremely frightened at times.Maybe we were just very unfortunate butThank goodness these years have passed and no other children have to go suffer what we went through under the Latimer regime.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Unto thine own self be true
  

*by L***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2017*

It was a weird experience to read this book. Though not a complete contemporary of Julie Welch, she has written down my own memories of 7 years at this school. Unexpectedly, I agreed with nearly every viewpoint on both the staff and the institution as a whole. For those who are interested  in what life at a girl's boarding school was like in the 1960's, this is not fantasy, but a good factual description.I remember that End of Term Fete well. My parents' contribution for the tombola was a bottle of potent home made wine. This was sampled the night before by those in the nine dorm, in their tooth mugs, so had to be partly refilled with water before it reached the stall. My mother won the Bowling for the Pig competition, and a real live piglet was the prize. It made for an interesting drive home. My father named the pig Jonah, and it grew to be huge and intimidating.I can envisage now a noisy and exuberant dining hall falling to a deathly silence. Cawley would be shouting at yet another victim. The poor child had probably put her fingers on the top of a pile of plates, instead of her thumb. (Don't even ask! ) If I had been in Latimer House with Cawley I would not have survived. By good fortune I too was in Ridley House. I had a great peer group, so after more than fifty years I can read this book with a broad smile on my face.

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