The authobiography of Kathleen Hale, the creator of the Orlando books who was born in 1898. This book describes her early years as a struggling young artist in the Bohemian art world of the 1920s, when she worked as a secretary to Augustus John, and shows how, as she finally settled into marriage and family life, she found unexpected success with Orlando the Marmalade Cat. The book is illustrated with Kathleen Hale's own drawings and sketches and many period photographs.
- ISBN10 0723237972
- ISBN13 9780723237976
- Publish Date 26 May 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Frederick Warne Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English