Let Me Count the Ways

Beth Teal is based, loosely, on the life of the author's grandmother who was born in 1837 -- the year that Victoria came to the throne. Her life shows the attitudes of the time towards being an unmarried mother and the way that her life changed "for richer, for poorer." Elizabeth Spurgeon was born in 1919 and educated in Leicester, England. The story owes its authenticity to her early life and recollections of her parents and grandparents. Her descriptions of scenes in Cheshire, Leicestershire and the Lake District take you back to the days before the motor car and universal travel.