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This is not just any book. Its a whimsical journey through the eyes of a recluse and a witch, set against the backdrop of London during the tumultuous First World War. Published in 1919, Stella Bensons Living Alone invites you to explore a world where magic intertwines with the realities of wartime life. While it may not follow a traditional plot, its enchanting blend of fantasy, moral musings, and aerial dogfights on broomsticks offers a charmingly eccentric experience. Perfect for witches, wizards, and muggles alike, this little gem is a delightful escape for those with a taste for the ...

It is the story of a Family halfheartedly searching for a missing relation who does not want to be found, while just off-stage, World War I is raging on the continent. It is a story about ordinary people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times. The things they do are less important than the ways in which they do them: often comic, occasionally tragic, but always touching and true to life. It reminds us that Poetry and Romance can be found anywhere, hidden beneath the surface of the most commonplace things.

In the spring of 1916, we meet orphaned sister and brother Jay and Kew Martin in London. Jay (real name Jane Elizabeth) has run away from her strange, claustrophobic, interfering, well-heeled family to the simplicities of the Brown Borough (otherwise Hackney), to live amongst its working-class people, to a job as a bus conductor, and to discover her own wild self. Kew is on recuperative leave from the War, and manages to find Jay in her humble new abode. She begs him to preserve her newfound freedom and not reveal her whereabouts to their family.