Kitty
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Kitty is the story of a personality conflict between the wife of war-injured soldier and his wealthy, domineering, class-conscious mother. Mrs Clara St. George is an icy widow of London, a woman of affairs used to getting her own way. Displays of emotion are both foreign and repugnant to her. Alex, her only son, home from leave and soon to face the war in the trenches, feels scared and alone. In contrast, Mrs Sarah Greenwood, a doctor's widow who keeps a tobacco shop near Piccadilly, is a cheerful soul who shares life with daughters Coral and Kitty. Alex will walk into her shop and come face to face with Kitty before going across the channel and returning home a broken man.
Warwick Deeping
Warwick Deeping was an English novelist and short-story writer whose career spanned the first half of the twentieth century. Born in 1877, he originally trained in medicine before turning to fiction. He became widely known for novels that combined strong storytelling with themes of loyalty, sacrifice, social change, and personal endurance. His best-known work, Sorrell and Son, became an international success, and he went on to publish dozens of novels and numerous short stories. Deeping died in 1950.
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