My Turn to Make the Tea: ''I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens ... she''s blissfully funny'' Nina Stibbe

About Monica Dickens

Monica Dickens MBE (1915-1992) was the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Expelled from St Paul''s Girls'' School she was then sent to a finishing school in France before returning home to life as a debutante. She then spent two years as a cook and general servant which she wrote about in her first book One Pair of Hands (1939). The book published when she was twenty-four was a bestseller and established her reputation as a writer. During the Second World War Dickens trained as a nurse and again successfully recounted her experiences in One Pair of Feet (1942). In her career she wrote over fifty books for both adults and children including the Follyfoot series. For twenty years Dickens also wrote a much-loved column for Woman''s Own. She was involved with the NSPCC the RSPCA and the Samaritans.