Appearing in 1957 and the third-to-the-last book to be published prior to Elsie J. Oxenham’s death, A10_Tomboys at the Abbey is, mercifully, the last of the Retrospective Titles. With one important exception, it is a weak installment: repetitive and unconvincing. There is nothing in it for folk dancers, so if that is your principal interest in this blog, you can stop reading right now!

The exception, however, is an extremely interesting one that is not addressed in any of EJO’s other works, as far as I know;  in Tomboys, characters successfully advocate for a girl to be able to pursue her career even after marriage. [Read more…]