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A Calculated Life
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Born in abject poverty in the east end of London, Vanessa meets a German refugee in her first year at school. He encourages her love of mathematics, and they teach each other their languages.
Winning a scholarship to a grammar school a distance away, she goes to live with her foster parents who encourage her talents.
Leaving school, she uses her mathematical skills and her fluency in German to help with the war effort. At wars end she meets a pilot and after a weekend away she finds herself pregnant.
Her family died in the Blitz, and alone and despondent after her pilot dies, she walks into a hospital which changes her life.
ISBN : 978-1-83543-799-5
Published: 14/05/2026
Pages : 318
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
Nicholas Roxburgh
Nick Roxburgh was born on the Isle of Wight and was educated in Berkhamsted and Durham. He left England for adventure and only returned for family reunions. He has had a varied career in research, building and furniture manufacturing, and finally, he decided that his writing skills were sufficient to become a successful novelist.
